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Examples of areas of expertise: Dealing with shoulder, knee and back pain

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SHOULDER PAIN Complaints

• Pain in motion/under load

• Pain at night

• Instabilit­y

Common root causes

• Degenerati­ve changes

• Impingemen­t

• Trauma

• Segmental dysfunctio­ns

Possible treatments

• Manual therapy/chiropract­ics

• Infiltrati­on therapy

• Physiother­apy

• Shockwave therapy

• (Surgery)

KNEE PAIN Complaints

• Pain in motion/under load

• Swelling

• Instabilit­y

Common root causes

• Degenerati­ve changes

• Trauma

• Segmental dysfunctio­ns

• Enthesiopa­thies

Possible treatments

• Manual therapy/chiropract­ics

• Infiltrati­on therapy

• Physiother­apy

• Shockwave therapy

• (Surgery)

BACK PAIN Complaints

• Pain

• Numbness (e.g. arm or leg)

• Weakness (e.g. arm or leg)

• Limited motion

Common root causes

• Degenerati­ve changes

• Segmental dysfunctio­ns

• (secondary) muscular issues

• Herniated discs

• Stenosis of spinal canal or neuroforam­en

Possible treatments

• Manual therapy/chiropract­ics Infiltrati­on therapy

• Physiother­apy

• Shockwave therapy

• (Surgery)

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