Joint pain has a way of interfering with life and preventing you from doing things you love. Dr. Robert Devine and the team at Chiropractic Care Center in Edwardsville, IL, are dedicated to helping you achieve optimal relief so that you can live your life to the fullest.

Chiropractic Care for Joint Pain

Joint pain can make you desperate for relief and leave you feeling like there’s no hope. Fortunately, that is not the case. Dr. Devine and the team at Chiropractic Care Center in Edwardsville, IL, share how chiropractic care can provide the relief you seek through natural methods below.

Understanding Pain in the Joints

Joints can hurt for a variety of reasons, including wear and tear that comes with age. Other common causes include the following.

• Misalignment: Joints become misaligned from sudden accidents, as well as daily activities.
• Arthritis: This is a common and chronic condition characterized by pain and inflammation in the joints.
• Tendinitis: These cords of tissue are responsible for attaching the muscles and bones. Sometimes they become inflamed, especially due to overuse or being overstretched.
• Bursitis: Bursitis occurs when the bursae – or small sacs of fluid in the joints – become inflamed, usually due to overuse.
  

How Chiropractic Care Can Help

Chiropractors uncover the underlying reason for your pain, as well as any factors that contribute to it. If they find tendinitis is the cause, for example, they’ll also examine what damaged the tendons. Treatment will then include techniques to address both the tendinitis and the reason you developed it. Below are some common techniques used for treating pain in the joints.

• Adjustments and manipulation: Adjustments and manipulation help restore alignment of the joints, which relieves pressure, helps restore range of motion, and improves blood flow.
• Ultrasound therapy: Ultrasound therapy sends sound waves into the joints. These waves help break up tension, reduce inflammation, stimulate tissue repair processes, and restore range of motion.
• Acupuncture: Acupuncture can be used to block pain signals to the brain.
• Therapeutic exercise: Targeted movements can help further relieve tension, reduce inflammation, improve circulation, and restore range of motion.
• Nutritional and lifestyle guidance: Some foods are good for joint health while others increase inflammation and swelling. Certain types of shoes and custom orthotics can help relieve pressure on the joints. Our chiropractor can recommend the best foods, footwear, and lifestyle adjustments to help enhance your healing and help you live free from pain.
  

Find joint pain relief with the help of Dr. Devine at Chiropractic Care Center in Edwardsville, IL. Call (618) 656-5300 to schedule an appointment today.