Arm, leg & sports injuries. Treat the limb and the chain it hangs on.

Sprains, strains, overuse, and pain in an arm or leg that has no obvious local cause. The extremities get adjusted and rehabbed here too, and because a knee or shoulder often hurts because of how the hip or neck is moving, we look at the whole chain rather than only where it hurts.

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Your first visit
  • History and hands-on exam first
  • X-ray on site, only when the exam calls for it
  • A plain-language explanation and a plan, or a referral

What to expect →

Sound familiar?

What brings people in.

  • Ankle, knee, hip, elbow or wrist pain after a sprain, fall or hard practice
  • Overuse pain that builds through a season: shin splints, tendinitis, runner's knee
  • Arm or leg pain, tingling or weakness with no injury to the limb itself
  • A joint that feels unstable or 'gives'
  • Pain that stops you training or returns every time you ramp back up
  • Athletes of any age, youth through masters

What's usually going on

The mechanics behind it.

Extremity joints respond to adjusting the same way spinal joints do. A sprained ankle that healed stiff, a shoulder that lost its glide, a wrist that never regained full extension after a fall: restoring that motion is often the step that lets rehab finally work.

When an arm or leg hurts and nothing is wrong with the arm or leg, the spine is usually where to look. Nerves to the arm leave the neck; nerves to the leg leave the low back. Irritation at the spine is felt along the nerve, far from its source. The exam sorts out local from referred, and that decides the plan. Dr. Paul's doctorate carries a sports emphasis, and return-to-play planning is a regular part of the work here.

How we treat it at Borealis

Find the cause. Treat it. Keep it from coming back.

1

Find the cause

Orthopedic testing of the injured joint, neurological screening if symptoms could be referred, assessment of the joints above and below, and X-rays on site when fracture or significant injury needs to be ruled out.

2

Treat it

Extremity and spinal adjusting as indicated, cold laser for tendon and ligament inflammation, soft-tissue work, and a progressive rehab program. A foot scan if lower-limb mechanics are feeding the problem.

3

Return to play

Load progression that's specific to your sport, movement-pattern correction, and clear criteria for full return. The aim is to come back once, not three times.

Services involved ChiropracticPhysiotherapy & rehabMLS cold laserFoot Levelers orthoticsMassage therapy

Questions

What people ask about arm, leg & sports injuries.

Don't see yours? Call and ask. The front desk will get you an answer or put you through to a doctor.

Do you adjust shoulders, knees and ankles?
Yes. Extremity adjusting is part of regular practice here, along with the rehab that goes with it.
How is this different from physical therapy?
There's overlap, and we use rehab extensively. The difference is that we also restore joint motion directly through adjusting, and we assess the spine as a possible source of limb pain. For some injuries we refer to or work alongside a PT.
How soon can I get back to my sport?
That depends on the injury and your sport. You'll get specific criteria, not a guess: what you need to be able to do pain-free before each stage of return.
Can you help with a chronic injury that never fully healed?
Often. A joint that healed stiff or a movement pattern that changed to protect an old injury is a common reason pain lingers. Restoring motion and retraining the pattern addresses it.

Describe it. We'll figure out the rest.

Call and talk to Dawn at the front desk, or walk in Monday through Thursday. You'll leave your first visit knowing what's going on.

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