Extremity Care
Throughout our lives, our extremities become injured from large traumas, such as auto accidents, slips and falls, or sports injuries, and even smaller traumas, such as repetitive motions, overuse, or poor posture.
What are extremities?
Extremities are essentially your arms and legs, as well as some additional structures other than your spine and pelvis. Below is a list of extremities that Dr. Jason and Dr. Jared are specially trained to treat:
- Shoulders
- Elbows
- Wrists
- Hands
- Fingers
- Jaw
- Ribs/Rib cage
- Hips
- Knees
- Ankles
- Feet
- Toes
Just like spinal joints, extremity joints can become subluxated and develop Subluxation Complexes. Subluxations accumulate in extremities for many reasons, such as trauma, poor posture, and overuse. Subluxation complexes alter the normal motion of an extremity joint, which will likely affect the motion of the entire extremity involved. Poor extremity motion often results in injury, pain, and, eventually, arthritis. That being said, it is important to adjust extremities and keep them moving well for proper function and joint longevity.
Evaluating and adjusting extremities isn’t only beneficial for the extremities themselves, but also for the spine.
When extremities become subluxated, they cause compensatory changes not only within the extremity itself, but also to the spine and its surrounding tissues. Addressing Subluxation Complexes in the extremities will benefit the extremity involved as well as the spine and body as a whole.
