Common Conditions that can benefit from Chiropractic Care
It is a common misconception that Chiropractors only treat back and neck conditions. Here are some conditions that Chiropractors routinely encounter and treat.
- Cervicogenic dizziness
- Cervicogenic headache
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Hip osteoarthritis
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Migraine headache
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome
- Plantar fasciitis
- Sciatica / radiating leg pain
- Shoulder girdle pain / dysfunction
- Tennis elbow
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