08/09/2026
“I thought it had fixed itself, but it keeps coming back?”
It’s something I hear a lot.
A shoulder settles down, then flares up again. The same side of the lower back keeps getting tight. You rest an injury, it improves, then as soon as you get back to surfing, running, lifting or even just normal life… there it is again.
When someone comes into the clinic with pain, of course I want to understand what hurts.
But I’m also interested in why that area might be getting overloaded in the first place.
That can mean looking at things like:
• How the joints around it are moving
• Whether another area is compensating
• Strength, control and proprioception
• Previous injuries
• Posture and movement habits
• What you actually ask your body to do day to day
For example, if your shoulder is sore, I’m not only looking at your shoulder. I may also want to see how your upper back, neck and shoulder blade are moving — and what happens when you put those movements together.
The same applies whether your goal is getting back in the surf, running comfortably, getting through a workday without feeling stiff, or simply walking more easily.
That’s a big part of what I mean by movement-based chiropractic.
Rather than only asking, “Where does it hurt?”, I want to understand how the whole picture fits together.
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