What are common conditions for which patients seek chiropractic care?
The most common conditions for which patients seek chiropractic care include low back pain, neck pain, and headaches. However, due to the effects of nerve irritation, doctors of chiropractic (DCs) also care for patients with problems in the shoulders, elbows, hips, wrists (including carpal tunnel syndrome), feet, knees, ankles, and other body areas and systems. With additional training, many DCs specialize in sports injuries, nutrition, rehabilitation, industrial injuries, neurology, orthopedics, pediatrics, and radiology. Although most people initially think of consulting a DC for back pain, consider that every part of the body is connected to the nervous system and knows which body function is associated with each spinal level. By removing nerve interference associated with a particular bodily function, your DC can normalize the function of many body systems. Back to top.
