Antonia Bonagura, Joint Pain

Chiropractors are known for treating back and neck joint pain. What people don't realise is that we can treat complaints of all joints and muscles in the body. 

When a joint gets tight, it can cause pain and restrict the available movement. Because it can't perform its function, it puts other joints and muscles under more tension and leads to compensations which cause more problems in other areas. 

Joints can also be forced into positions which are beyond their anatomical capabilities, leading to sprains and, if severe, breaks. Chiropractors can speed recovery in these circumstances.  

Chiropractors are specially trained in gentle techniques which relax tight joints and return range of motion to normal, or even better than before!  

TMJ or jaw pain, is caused when muscles and joints around the jaw become tight and restricted. It can be painful to open/ close the mouth and causes difficulty chewing. There can be a clicking sound when opening/ closing the jaw and associated face pain and headaches are common. 

Referred face pain from the jaw causes ear, temple, eye and head pain. 

A chiropractor can mobilise the jaw and release the pressures around it. This will return jaw movement to optimum and removes the referred face pain and headaches.  

With the lower body, one joint directly impacts the ones around it. If the ankle joint was tight, it would change the walking pattern and cause problems to the knee, hip and back. 

The same goes for the knee and hip. 

It is for this reason that Antonia focuses on treating the functional cause of an injury instead of just chasing the symptoms of pain. 

If one area is restricted, consideration will be made to how this has affected the surrounding structures; this allows for optimum performance and helps maintain long-term recovery.