WHAT DO WE TREAT

Concussions are caused by a high trauma force to the head, sometimes causing a split second black out. This type of injuries can cause a devastating long term effect on neck pain and could cause long term headaches.

How chiropractic can help?

Specific chiropractic care can help with the pain post-concussion. As concussions is caused by high force trauma, injury to the neck is unavoidable. This will definitely cause a misalignment at the neck, especially the Occiput (base of the skull) or the 1^st Cervical bone ( neck bone) which could lead to many complications including systemic issues, headaches and insomnia.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. If the person is not responsive.
2. If the person does not look like they are in the right state of mind.
3. If there is slurring in their speech.
4. If the person suddenly forgets where and who they are

5. If the person is experiencing severe headaches

Wrist sprains usually occur when there is an injury to the ligaments or muscular structures around the wrist. It causes a painful sensation in the wrist, especially during movements and takes a long time to heal.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. If you are unable to move your wrist at all.
2. If there has been a serious accident to your wrist.
3. Obvious deformity of the wrist/hand
4. Severe swelling of the wrist
5. Fractures

Golfer’s elbow is a condition that causes pain at the area where your tendons of your forearm muscles attach to the bony bump on the inside of your elbow. The pain might spread into your forearm and wrist. It sometimes causes numbness and tingling as well. Golfer’s elbow is easily treatable with appropriate treatment.

How Gonstead chiropractic can help?

Specific Chiropractic can help by alleviating the pressure on the tendons and muscles of the misaligned joints and also alleviate pressure on the nerves, which is one of the main causes of numbness and tingling of this condition.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. If there has been a serious accident-causing pain.
2. If you experience a hot sensation over your elbow area and have a fever
3. Obvious deformity at the elbow
4. Fractures
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Tennis elbow is similar with golfer’s elbow, except in the location of pain, instead of the outside of the elbow, tennis elbow causes a similar type of discomfort at the outer part of your elbow.

How chiropractic can help?

Specific Chiropractic can help by alleviating the pressure on the tendons and muscles of the misaligned joints and also alleviate pressure on the nerves, which is one of the main causes of numbness and tingling of this condition.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. If there has been a serious accident-causing pain.
2. If you experience a hot sensation over your elbow area and have a fever
3. Obvious deformity at the elbow
4. Fractures

There are many grades of shoulder sprains, but typically they have a similar mechanism of injury, which is either direct trauma to the shoulder or a fall on an outstretched hand during a fall. If the trauma is serious enough it might cause a dislocation of the shoulder, meaning the head of the humerus (Arm bone) has come out of it’s joint location.

How chiropractic can help?

Specific chiropractic care can help to correct any displacements at the joints of the shoulder. The shoulder has many joints comprising it and is a complex joint. Detailed examination and specific adjustments will help to correct the misaligned joint and restore full functionality of the shoulder. Dislocations can be put back into it’s joint as well.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. Obvious deformity at the shoulder area
2. Unable to move the shoulder
3. Feeling of a tear of the ligament/muscles.

4. Fracture

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This is an injury resulting from the repetitive movement of your kneecap against your thigh bone especially prominent in marathon runners. This condition causes pain at the kneecap area due to high amount of friction.

How chiropractic can help?

Specific chiropractic can help by helping to identify the main causation of the condition and correcting it. This condition is normally caused by an improper moving kneecap which grinds on the thigh bone, this could be due to a misalignment in the knee and correcting it will stop the friction of the joint from occurring.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. Unable to ambulate
2. Obvious deformity of the knee

3. Fracture

This type of pain is around the groin/hip area and usually occurs after overstretching the muscles. Torn muscles might be a cause for this as well. This type of pain causes a lot of discomfort and could limit your sports ability and capability.

How chiropractic can help?

Specific chiropractic care can help with this condition by finding the exact reason why the tight muscles came to be. As muscles are attached to bones, it might be caused by a misalignment at the joints, especially the hip or the lower back area. A specific adjustment to the joints will help to correct this imbalance in the musculature and ensure that you can perform at your optimal level.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. If you are unable to walk 3 steps after an injury
2. If there is obvious deformity
3. Fractures
4. If there is a loud pop and a suspected tear of muscles or ligaments

This condition is categorised by pain at the shin area of your legs after running or using extensive strength on your legs for a short period of time. This condition is caused by improper gait, mostly resulting from flat feet, improper shoes or weak muscles.

How chiropractic can help?

Specific chiropractic care can help to identify the causation of this problem. This will make it easy to correct the problem. Sometimes, flat feet symptoms could be caused by lower back misalignment issues which would alter the gait of a person. Correcting this will help to maintain proper gait and eliminate the condition all together.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. Fracture
2. Unable to walk after an injury

Ligament tears at the knee is caused by high force trauma, especially during contact sports. This type of injuries are usually severe and cause a person to not able to move after the injury. This type of injuries mostly require immediate surgical care.

How chiropractic can help?

Specific chiropractic care can help with the post-operation symptoms at the knee. As the high force trauma is enough to tear the ligaments, it is enough to misplace the joints. This will cause an uneven wear on the joints and could lead to early degeneration of the knee.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. Always visit a hospital first for this kind of injury as immediate operative care is needed.

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