Ankle, sprain, shoulder (frozen shoulder), knee, wrist, elbow

Peripheral joints

STUDIES

1- Comparison between physiotherapy, spinal manipulation and cortisone injection for shoulder problems.

128 patients with shoulder problems (rotator cuff and synovial problems) were divided into several groups. The patients who received spinal manipulation showed signs of improvement much more quickly than the other groups.

Comparison of physiotherapy, manipulation, and corticosteroid injectionfor treating shoulder complaints in general practice: randomized, single blind study. Sobel JS, Winters JC, Groenier K, Arendzen JH, Meyboom de Jong B. British Medical Journal 1997; 314:1320-5.

Frozen shoulder or retractile capsulitis

This condition is very well treated in chiropractic.

Below is a patient treated at our practice: for more than 6 months, this patient had been unable to raise his left arm more than 90°.

After 5 minutes of treatment, the patient was able to raise his left arm to 180°.