Dr. Jason Strandberg, D.C.

Chiropractic can be an effective treatment for many types of headaches. I have treated people with tension headaches, migraine, headaches, and cluster headaches, with a good deal of success. Other types of headaches may need other types of treatments, but the best way to find out if chiropractic will help your headache is to see a chiropractor who can evaluate you and suggest a treatment plan. If manipulation can’t help, then a good chiropractor will generally refer you to a neurologist. Unfortunately, neurologists are less likely to refer you to a chiropractor when their treatment doesn’t work. So I would recommend starting with a chiropractor.

Hip pain could be caused by a number of factors. It could be caused by damage to the hip joint itself, to lower back issues, to muscles in the leg, back, or abdomen, as well as the rotator muscles in your groin and buttocks. It is best to seek out expert care for a problem like this, rather than ask a generic question on a forum. Since there are so many issues at hand, I would set an appointment with a chiropractor who has a background in orthopedics or rehabilitation/sports medicine.

This could be a tricky question to answer. Typically heat relaxes muscles better than cold, but recent injuries respond better to ice than heat. The answer really depends on how recent the injury is, whether there is any information going on, and what other things you have tried to do to help your problem. in general practitioners will recommend ice over heat simply because ice rarely causes a problem to get worse while he’s applied to the wrong situation could make it worse. I would suggest that you consult with a chiropractor or physical therapist, who can evaluate your situation and give you recommendations.

That depends upon what you mean by torn shoulder. I frequently treat people with partially torn rotator cuff (mostly acupuncture and rehabilitation) with a lot of success. If the labrum is partially torn that may also benefit from chiropractic, acupuncture, and rehabilitation. But a fully torn rotator cuff or a non-responsive labrum often requires surgical intervention.

Depending on the grade of spondylosis, chiropractic can help. Most often spondyloses happen as a result of a small fracture or underdevelopment of certain landmarks on the vertebrae. There are certain techniques that can help move the vertebrae back in place, but it may not be the only thing necessary to rehabilitate a spondylosis.

Yes, dislocations and subluxations are things we are trying to reduce. If there is a fracture, it may require more than just a simple reduction, but in most cases it is an easy joint to reduce.

A “pinched nerve” is a general term people use which could be caused by nerve entrapment any where from its origin in the spine to its endpoint. How long it takes to heal depends upon where it is entrapped, what is causing the entrapment, and how long it has been entrapped. If it is being compressed by a muscle in the neck or shoulder or it is being pressed on because of facet joints out of place, then a massage or spinal manipulation will likely relieve the pain-within minutes or hours if the condition is acute. If a disc herniation is the cause, then it will take much longer because disc that presses on the nerve will take much longer to correct.

At 33, the only thing that you are too old be is a child prodigy. There are many exercises, treatments, and devices that can be used to help. The things that come to mind first are chiropractors, physical and occupational therapists, and yoga instructors.

In some cases it might, especially if the therapist rubs directly over the pinched nerve or if they irritate the muscles or skeletal structures around the pinched nerve. A good massage therapist should know to avoid these areas and is hopefully associated with doctors who can help guide their care. If you feel you have a pinched nerve, my first suggestion would be to seek out a good chiropractor, physical therapist, or medical physician who understands musculoskeletal and neurological conditions before seeing a massage therapist.

A chiropractor can certainly help you with your rounded shoulders, but most likely they will give you strengthening exercises for your back and stretches for your pecs, so there will be some homework for you to get better.

Being out of alignment can contribute to knee pain. There are a number of joints in the knee and ankle that can directly affect/cause knee pain. Spinal misalignments might cause you to alter the way you walk, also contributing to knee pain. The knee pain itself could also be causing misalignments in the spine as you change the way you walk because of the knee pain.