Joint Pain

Joint pain is a discomfort that can be felt in the hands, hips, knees, feet, or spine. The pain may come and go or remain constant. Joint pain affects joint function, limiting your ability to perform regular tasks. If you are suffering from joint pain, you can find assistance from us at Schofield Chiropractic PC in Cedar Falls, IA, and Waterloo, IA.

Symptoms of Joint Pain

It is important to see a chiropractor from our practice to identify the real cause of joint pain. Additionally, they will prescribe treatment and pain management methods to help with pain relief. If you experience any of the following symptoms, you should seek our chiropractic care services.

• The area around your joint becomes red, swollen, and warm.
• Persisting pain around the joint area
• Aching joints when you move them

Causes of Joint Pain

Joint pain is quite common, particularly as you age. Knee pain is the most popular complaint, but there are arising shoulder and hip pain cases in adults. The following are the some of the most common causes of joint pain:

Osteoarthritis

It is a common type of arthritis that occurs gradually as your cartilage wears out, causing pain and stiffness. The cartilage is the protective cushion found between your bones.

Tendinitis

It occurs when the tendons connecting your bones and muscles inflame. Tendinitis mainly occurs in the shoulder, elbow, or heel.

Injuries

Joint pain can also occur due to an injury such as a personal injury, sports injury, auto accident injury, among others.

Chiropractic Care and Joint Pain

You can completely heal from some joint pains, while you can only look for pain management and relief methods in others. Chiropractic care optimizes your joints’ functions, increasing mobility while reducing pain. Consider the following chiropractic care treatments when you suffer from an injury such as sports or personal injury.

Heat and Cold Therapy

Our chiropractor applies heat or cold packs depending on your pain. The heating pad provides relief for muscle spasms, while the cooling one helps in reducing swelling and inflammation.

Joint Mobilization

Our chiropractor stretches your joints and ligaments, which inflame during most injuries, which helps with pain relief.

Manipulation

Manipulation is a chiropractic care treatment that effectively relieves pain associated with joint injuries.

Manage Your Joint Pain with Our Chiropractic Care Treatments

If you are an athlete and suffer from a sports injury, chiropractic care is the best way to recover. We offer various chiropractic treatment methods at Schofield Chiropractic PC in Cedar Falls, IA, and Waterloo, IA, to help you address such injuries and other painful conditions. Visit us today or call us on (319) 277-5616 to make an appointment.