Your neck supports the weight and movement of your head which, considering an adult’s head can weight between ten and fourteen pounds, is a very demanding job.  Neck pain may often be caused by the long-term effect of bad posture aggravated by the amount of driving, computer work and TV watching that most of us do.  It is not suprising that neck pain is one of the most common complaints chiropractors see.

Injuries or stresses to the neck can cause loss of proper joint movement which may in turn cause irritation of the nerves that come out of your spine.  The nerves of the upper neck supply your scalp and the nerves of the lower neck supply the arms.  Therefore a pain in the arm or head can actually be a pain in the neck.

Listed below are a selection of neck and upper body complaints we frequently see at Fraser House Clinic:

• Neck Pain and Neck Injuries
• Joint pain associated with Arthritis
• Facial and Jaw Pains
• Rib Pains
• Frozen Shoulder
• Tennis Elbow
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Headaches and Migraine

Headaches are one of the commonest problems that cause people to visit a chiropractor. They are thought to contribute to approximately 20% of all working days lost. There are many types and many causes of headaches ranging from the most severe migraines to tension headaches and referred pain the neck or jaw.

Your chiropractor is trained to diagnose the cause of your headache and identify any possible serious causes of headache that will need medical or even surgical intervention. In the same way that there are many causes of headaches there are many ways of treating your particular headache.

The chiropractors at Fraser House Clinic use a combination of safe specific joint manipulation (adjusting) as well as work on the muscles, postural advice and exercises to treat headaches and migraines of a variety of causes