SHAPE's Integrated Therapy & Training

Chiropractic treatment has provided effective pain relief and improved quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Chiropractic treatment involves the use of completely natural, safe, drug-free, non-invasive, extremely comfortable, and highly effective manual therapy, fascial release techniques, acupuncture, physical rehabilitation and exercise designed to promote healing, restore function and enhance performance in the human body.

Research has demonstrated that chiropractic treatment can provide effective pain relief, alter tissue mechanics and promote healing. Chiropractors commonly treat all types of injuries and are highly competent health care professionals who have been trained extensively in manual therapy. Professional sports teams, large business corporations, and elite athletes have doctors of chiropractic managing their health.

Chiropractors are considered as primary health-care professionals as a result of their extensive professional training and academic education.

Common Conditions Treated by Chiropractors

HEAD & NECK

• Mechanical neck pain
• Headaches (tension type, migraine, cervicogenic)
• Muscle & joint pain
• Whiplash associated disorders (WAD) due to motor vehicle accidents or trauma
• Chronic muscle tension due to poor posture
• Torticollis (in infants, children, and adults)
• Scoliosis
• Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)
• Cervical disc herniation’s
• Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
• Arthritis / arthrosis
• Facet joint irritation/ dysfunction
• Sports injuries (sprains & strains)
• Sinusitis
• Vertigo
• Myofascial pain syndromes (MPS)

UPPER BACK & SHOULDER

• Postural stress (chronic muscle tension)
• Facet joint irritation / dysfunction
• Scoliosis
• Osteoporosis
• Asthma (tension caused by bronchiolar spasms)
• Costovertebral injuries (injured ribs where they attach to the spine)
• Shoulder sprains & strains
• Tendonitis & calcific tendonitis of the shoulder
• Bursitis
• Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
• Rotator cuff tears / injuries / strains / tendonosis
• Arthritis in the shoulder joint
• Shoulder dislocations
• Shoulder separations (acromioclavicular joint)
• Muscle trigger points
• Sports injuries
• Rib irritations

LOW BACK & HIP

• Lumbar sprains & strains
• Lumbar disc herniations
• Sciatica (radiating leg pain, pinched nerves)
• Piriformis syndrome (which can cause sciatica-type symptoms)
• Muscle tension & generalized stiffness
• Lumbar instability or poor core-muscle strength
• Pregnancy related low back or pelvic pain (see below)
• Iliotibial band syndrome (ITB) seen commonly in runners
• Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
• Degenerative joint disease (DJD)
• Snapping hip syndrome
• Osteoarthritis (in lumbar spine & hip joints)
• Adductor strains (pulled groin injuries)
• Femoral Acetabular Impingement (FAI)

EXTREMITIES

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Nerve entrapments
• ACL/MCL injuries in the knee
• Patellar tendinopathy / tendonosis (Jumper’s knee)
• Knee or ankle arthritis
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (shin splints)
• Sprains & strains
• Repetitive-strain Injuries (RSI)
• Meniscal tears
• Baker’s cyst’s

CONDITIONS DURING PREGNANCY

• Low back pain due to postural changes
• Sciatica (shooting pain down the back of the thigh & leg)
• Ligamentous laxity
• Ankle pain (due to swollen ankles)
• Piriformis syndrome (pain in buttocks & down the leg)
• Mid-back pain due to breast enlargement
• Headaches due to hormonal changes
• Abdominal & uterine pain due to in-utero constraint (caused by tension in the soft tissues that stabilize the pelvis & uterus)