Maybe it's the ankle that's never felt quite right since that old sprain. The elbow that flares up after a big day. The knee that cuts your run short before you've barely started. Or the wrists and hands that remind you they're there a little too often.

Shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands. Hips, knees, ankles and feet. The extremities are where a lot of pain lives — but not always where it starts.

Extremity problems tend to come from one of two places — sometimes both at once. There's what's happening locally at the joint itself; the muscles, tendons and tissue around that area. And then there's what's happening further up the chain — the way the spine and pelvis are moving, and the quality of nerve input travelling out to the region. When the body isn't moving well as a whole, or nerve supply is compromised, even a well-treated local injury can struggle to fully resolve.

At ChiroCare we look at both. We assess the site of pain and the structure driving it — working through the chain to understand what's contributing at every level.

If you've been managing your symptoms without ever really resolving them, it might be time to find out why.