“AMAZING RESULTS! After just 3 adjustments I could use my right shoulder again. … I am now back to sports without pain or discomfort.”Rich L., a patient of Dr. Scranton
Why the shoulder is examined with the neck, not on its own
The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body and the least stable, and it is held in place by muscles that take their nerve supply from the neck. A shoulder that will not lift, that catches when you reach behind you, or that aches at night is often taking the strain for a stiff neck or a rounded upper back.
Dr. Scranton has trained in extremity adjusting since 1997. He examines the shoulder joint itself, the collarbone and shoulder blade, and the neck and upper back above them, with digital X-rays where they will show something. Then he adjusts what the exam found, including the shoulder itself, which most chiropractors leave alone.
What shoulder care includes here
- Adjustments to the shoulder, the collarbone and the upper spine where the exam found them stuck.
- Soft tissue work on the rotator cuff and the muscles across the shoulder blade.
- Exercises written for your shoulder so it stays moving and the improvement holds.
- An honest answer if the exam suggests a tear or a problem that needs another doctor first.
Why people choose Dr. Scranton for this
He looks before he treats
Digital X-rays on site at the first visit, read with you in the room. The Gonstead exam finds the joint that is actually causing the problem, so that is what gets treated.
He has done this for a long time
Palmer College of Chiropractic, class of 1999. More than 10,000 patients. Years spent teaching other chiropractors how to treat knee pain and neuropathy.
He tells you the truth
If he does not think he can help you, he will say so at the first visit. No plan is written that you have not agreed to. You will never be a number in this office.
What to expect at your first visit
1. You tell him what is happening. When it started, what makes it worse, what you have already tried. Nobody hurries you.
2. The exam, and X-rays if you need them. Digital X-rays are taken on site and read with you in the room, so you see what he is seeing before he touches your spine.
3. A straight answer. What he found, whether he can help, and what it would take. If he does not think he can help you, he will tell you. We are not going to give you false hope.
The first visit is $47, usually $180, and covers the consultation, the exam, any X-rays you need and the conversation afterwards.
Patients who came in with shoulder pain
“I had burning sensations in my shoulder for a long time. … Now my shoulders don’t hurt at all. … The burning in my shoulders lessened and eventually stopped.”Rebecca D.
“Some shoulder and back pain had resulted after doing much heavy installation work at my new car wash. … I have better neck movement and less pain and neck stiffness, a condition I had tolerated and accepted.”Jay H.
“My headaches are gone and the pain in my arms and shoulder are gone. … When I first came here Doctor said it would take time and couldn’t do it all at once. Believe me it is really working for me.”John T.
Every quote is a real patient of Dr. Scranton. Results vary from person to person.
Questions people ask about shoulder pain and chiropractic
Do chiropractors even treat shoulders?
Most concentrate on the spine. Dr. Scranton trained specifically in extremity adjusting, which covers shoulders, elbows, hands, knees and ankles, and he treats the shoulder as a joint in its own right as well as the neck it hangs from.
What does the first visit cost?
$47, usually $180. That covers the consultation, the exam, any X-rays you need and a sit-down with Dr. Scranton to go through what they show. No other price is quoted until you have been examined and have agreed to a plan.
Could it be a rotator cuff tear?
It could, and the exam at the first visit is designed to find out. Certain movements and strength tests point to a tear, and if that is what he finds, Dr. Scranton tells you and refers you for the imaging or the doctor you need before doing anything else.
I have already had injections. Is there any point?
Injections settle the swelling for a while without changing why the shoulder is overloaded. If the cause is a stiff neck, a stuck shoulder blade or a joint that is not moving, that is what the exam finds and what the plan addresses. He will tell you honestly if he cannot help.
How many visits will it take?
It depends on what the exam and X-rays show, and nobody can honestly tell you before that. After the first visit Dr. Scranton lays out what he found and what a plan would look like. You decide from there. Nobody is put on a plan they have not agreed to.
Do you see patients from Taylorsville, Kearns and West Jordan?
Yes. The clinic sits on the West Valley City and Taylorsville border, a minute off the I-215, and patients come from Kearns, Magna, West Jordan and South Jordan.
Action Chiropractic is at 2964 West 4700 South #102, on the West Valley City and Taylorsville border, a minute off the I-215. We see patients from Kearns, Magna, West Jordan and South Jordan.
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