Chiropractors/my 12 yr old son neck pain

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Expert: - 5/14/2009


Question
I have a 12 year old son that is now starting to experience pain in the left side of neck with swelling and left shoulder is lower than right. What could be the problem?

Answer
Latanya,

I can't provide you with a diagnosis over the Internet, but in general, neck pain on one side with one shoulder higher than the other is often caused by muscle tension creating skeletal distortion. I recommend that your son be evaluated by a chiropractor who incorporates both soft tissue therapy and manipulation techniques to determine if this is the case. If so, treatments are usually short term (generally speaking, under 6 treatments, depending on the severity of the case).

I hope that this helps to answer your question.

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Gerald Anzalone, D.C.

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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