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will chiropractor perform adjustments for shoulder blade and arm pain after fusion surgery?
Kenneth,
Manual manipulation/adjustment of any region that has undergone surgical fusion is definitely contraindicated. However, many chiropractors use mechanical devices for performing non-thrust manipulations which can be administered above or below (but not at) the levels of surgical fusion.
Hopefully your chiropractor has determined that the spine is the source of your shoulder blade and arm pain, preferrably through a CT or MRI scan.
Soft tissue sources of your pain (such as myofascial trigger points or muscular dysfunction) should also be ruled out as the source of the problem before manipulation or mobilization above/below the levels of your surgical fusion are attempted.
I hope this answers your question.
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Expertise
I can answer questions about musculoskeletal-based, evidence-based chiropractic practice.
Experience
13 years of chiropractic practice; currently practicing in an integrative medicine clinic.
Organizations
West Hartford Group, a think-tank that has put forth a model of chiropractic care that is consistent with that of the World Federation of Chiropractic and the Chiropractic Strategic Planning Conference. This model is of the chiropractic physician as the spinal health care expert within the health care system, i.e. society’s non-surgical spine specialist.
Publications
Chiropractic Products magazine
Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Arts, Fordham University, 1991. Doctor of Chiropractic, New York Chiropractic College, 1997.
Awards and Honors
Fordham University: Scripps Howard Journalism Award. New York Chiropractic College: Clinic Award. University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine: University Award for participation as student president of the Integrative Medicine Program.
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