Ways a Chiropractor Can Help with Joint Pain

Joint pain is common after a personal injury, sports injury, work injury, or auto accident injury. Your accident may have caused an impact that damaged your muscles, tendons, or cartilage in the area. This causes swelling that irritates and presses on your nerves, resulting in pain. If you live in or around Orangeburg and are suffering from joint pain, Dr. Shay at Marsch Chiropractic Center is here to help.

Chiropractic Care for Joint Pain

Chiropractic care starts with an examination and perhaps x-rays of your affected joint. Many chiropractic clinics have their own x-ray machines. Some even have digital x-ray machines, which put off less radiation. Your medical history will be taken and you will be asked questions about your diet, job, and lifestyle because all of these things factor into your health.

Spinal Manipulation

You may be wondering what your spine has to do with your joint pain, but it has a lot to do with it. When your spine is out of alignment, it throws off everything else in your body. This can cause muscle knotting, nerve irritation, and impede circulation. When your spine is aligned, your body can send blood and nutrients to your joints.

Nutritional Counseling

What you eat makes it easier or harder for your body to heal itself. Some foods are known to cause inflammation, such as heavily processed foods like hot dogs or margarine. Eating right also helps the effects of your spinal adjustment treatments last longer. Our chiropractor will give you advice on what foods, beverages, and nutritional supplements to take.

Corrective Exercises

Your joints need gentle, consistent exercises to regain their strength and mobility. You also need better ways of sitting, standing, and sleeping to reduce strain on your joints. Our chiropractor will show you how to do all of this, as well as efficient ways to move so that you do not risk overworking your joints.

Contact Our Chiropractor in Orangeburg, SC

If you have acute or chronic joint pain and live in the Orangeburg area, contact Marsch Chiropractic Center to schedule an appointment. Call Dr. Shay today at (803) 536-1635 or reach us through our website by using our online contact form.