Shoulder, Arm, & Hand Problems

June 21st, 2010

Chiropractors correct vertebral subluxations which cause spinal nerve stress.  Depending on which nerves are affected you will have various symptoms, If the nerves going to the shoulder, arm and hand are affected you may experience pain, tingling, tightness, weakness, pins-and-needles or other symptoms in those body parts.

Brachial Plexus

Your brachial plexus is made up of nerves which come out of the middle and lower neck and upper back and branch off to supply different areas, especially the shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, hands and fingers.

Results Of Nerve Impingement

What causes the nerves to get impinged or “pinched”? Many things: long-standing spinal stress, old injuries from childhood, new injuries from sports mishaps, car accidents (especially whiplash), arthritis, sleeping in an awkward position and even chronic emotional tension.

Results Of Brachial Plexus Injury

Depending on which nerves are involved, different problems may be experienced.

There may be neck stiffness or pain that may radiate to your shoulder and elbow and down to your arm, wrist, hand or finger(s). Sometimes there’s clicking or extremity pain but not neck pain, Sometimes there’s no pain but numbness or feelings of heat, cold or swelling; or pain in one area and numb-ness in another; or “pins-and-needles” or muscle weakness or spasm.

Due to the complicated way nerves interrelate, conditions such as headache; migraine; facial pain; dizziness; limited, painful or stiff motion of the head and neck; throat conditions; thyroid; nasal problems; low back pain and even epilepsy can be caused by brachial plexus damage,

Chiropractic care is essential for anyone with shoulder, arm, elbow and hand problems to relieve nerve stress and permit the spine, as well as the rest of the body, to function more normally.

Chiropractors correct vertebral subluxations which cause spinal nerve stress.  Depending on which nerves are affected you will have various symptoms, If the nerves going to the shoulder, arm and hand are affected you may experience pain, tingling, tightness, weakness, pins-and-needles or other symptoms in those body parts.
Brachial Plexus
Your brachial plexus is made up of nerves which come out of the middle and lower neck and upper back and branch off to supply different areas, especially the shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, hands and fingers.
Results Of Nerve Impingement
What causes the nerves to get impinged or “pinched”? Many things: long-standing spinal stress, old injuries from childhood, new injuries from sports mishaps, car accidents (especially whiplash), arthritis, sleeping in an awkward position and even chronic emotional tension.
Results Of Brachial Plexus Injury
Depending on which nerves are involved, different problems may be experienced.
There may be neck stiffness or pain that may radiate to your shoulder and elbow and down to your arm, wrist, hand or finger(s). Sometimes there’s clicking or extremity pain but not neck pain, Sometimes there’s no pain but numbness or feelings of heat, cold or swelling; or pain in one area and numb-ness in another; or “pins-and-needles” or muscle weakness or spasm.
Due to the complicated way nerves interrelate, conditions such as headache; migraine; facial pain; dizziness; limited, painful or stiff motion of the head and neck; throat conditions; thyroid; nasal problems; low back pain and even epilepsy can be caused by brachial plexus damage,
Chiropractic care is essential for anyone with shoulder, arm, elbow and hand problems to relieve nerve stress and permit the spine, as well as the rest of the body, to function more normally.
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