Extremities

Beyond the Spine: Expert Care for Hands, Feet, and Everything In-Between

Find Relief for Arm or Leg Pain

Your arms and legs are important to your mobility. Your shoulder and hip joints are used every day. The common overuse of these joints through work or exercise leads to possible injury and pain. With the numerous reasons for the pain in these joints, it is hard for most people to locate the center of the pain. There are many causes that trigger the pain, such as sleeping in the wrong position. Our chiropractic team at Dunham-Fritz Chiropractic in Marshalltown, IA, is here to treat any cause of pain and provide good results.


With a slow progression, the source of arm and leg pain can often go undetected. High amounts of pain lead to most people using prescription medication as a solution. Prescriptions like this can involve unwanted side effects that contribute to leg and arm pain.

What is the Source of My Discomfort

Our staff executes a thorough evaluation to pinpoint the cause of your pain. This evaluation will normally include medical history, physical assessment, and advanced imaging techniques. From our evaluation, we should be able to locate the source of pain, its causes, symptoms, and how to treat it effectively.

How Can Chiropractic Help?

Finding the cause of your symptoms is the first step in treating your leg and arm pain. At Dunham-Fritz Chiropractic, findings suggest most arm and leg pain patients are victims of spinal misalignment. Bones and discs become misaligned, which can create nerve irritation, leading to pain spreading throughout the body.


Usually, our patients do not realize that spinal nerves can reach the ends of their hands and feet. This means that having a spine injury can send pain to areas that have not received injury. Our trained and specialized treatments have a great track record in effective results for relief.


If you are experiencing leg or arm pain, contact us today to schedule an appointment so you can start on your road to recovery!

Carpal Tunnel Relief

Did you know that the nerves in your wrist can be pinched just like the vertebrae in your spine? This interruption in the wrist can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. It can be very costly to use an invasive approach, and many people are unaware that there are proven ways to treat carpal tunnel syndrome through chiropractic care. People are paying for these expensive procedures that can end up being unsuccessful in solving the problem. Thankfully, we offer chiropractic care as an effective treatment and therapeutic plan to help with your carpal tunnel syndrome.


If the median nerve in your hand is irritated, it is usually caused by an improper alignment of the wrist or swelling. Patients report feeling a tingling sensation or pain throughout the hand. In many cases, picking up small objects can be more difficult as the hand becomes weaker. It is also possible for a person to think their hand is inflamed when there is no inflammation present.


People suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome are usually confused as to how this condition came to be. Some recall an injury of the hand that created symptoms shortly after, but others are clueless. It has been proven that certain occupations and the tasks involved with them can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. Tasks that require the hands to complete repetitive tasks are common causes, along with jobs that regularly use a tool that vibrates. There can also be physiological disorders that cause carpal tunnel syndrome.


Most of the time, carpal tunnel syndrome arises in the person's dominant hand. With that said, it is still possible for both hands to be affected. Most professionals in the healthcare field will try to treat carpal tunnel syndrome by focusing on the area where the pain occurs, even though the actual cause can be in a different part of the body. Nerve problems in the spine are a common cause of carpal tunnel syndrome in the arms and hands. Therefore, treatments that only consider the pain in the hand have proven to be unsuccessful in the long run. Four out of ten of these misguided surgeries are not effective in treating the issue. The carpal tunnel also tends to be more common in women because they have a larger diameter tunnel compared to men.

Best Care for Carpal Tunnel at Dunham-Fritz Chiropractic

The best treatment option is one that pinpoints the source of the issue rather than treating just the symptoms. Similar to other issues, our office recommends patients start with a non-invasive approach. We will create a unique plan that will help you with your specific condition. It only takes a few adjustments for many patients to start reporting relief. The therapy will continue until you are restored to your optimal health.


Our team is aware of the pain and annoyance of carpal tunnel syndrome and looks forward to helping you get back to complete health. Feel free to call us, and we will be happy to help you find relief!

Struggling With Shoulder Pain?

Your shoulder joint is responsible for the largest range of motion in your body, which can make it almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of the pain. There are almost infinite causes of shoulder pain, but the most common include:

Neck and Upper Back Problems

Wear and Tear in the Shoulder Joint

Frequent Exercise

Car Accidents

Shoulder pain can bring on mild to severe pain. You use your shoulder joints every day, multiple times, so it is important to take care of your shoulder joints to prevent disruptive issues in your everyday tasks. Shoulder injuries may seem tolerable; however, you should have your shoulder pain evaluated by a trained chiropractor to avoid a worsening condition.


Certain shoulder pain symptoms are more prevalent than others. Therefore, any pain in the shoulder should be evaluated precisely. If you experience:

  • Week-Long, Lingering Pain in the Shoulder
  • Difficulty Lifting Your Arm Above the Shoulder
  • Chronic Shoulder Pain
  • Struggle to Lift Objects
  • Increasing Pain of the Shoulder in the Evening
  • Swelling
  • Bruising
  • Clicking Noises During Use


You are in immediate need of chiropractic help.


When determining the best approach to shoulder pain, the cause of pain plays the largest role. Successful and effective treatments will require a complete understanding and evaluation of the pain. Our chiropractic team specializes in relieving your shoulder pain. Working as a team and combining our knowledge, we will do our best to create a plan to put you on the road to recovery.

Therapies for Shoulder Pain

The neck and upper back are the main bears that support most of the shoulder joints. Spinal misalignments can create nerve irritation from the spine to the shoulder, which can cause many problems. Essentially, what happens is that the shoulder joint will lack the support to deal with the load it bears. Repetitive stress on overused parts of the body is when injuries can occur. If a spinal realignment does not provide you relief, our team has many other techniques to heal your shoulder pain. Finding the underlying issue and fixing it is almost always the solution to the pain.


Our chiropractic team has numerous ways of relieving shoulder pain effectively. Contact Dunham-Fritz Chiropractic today for answers to questions and to schedule an appointment!

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