Shoulder & Hip Pain Treatment in Mission Viejo, CA
Almost every joint in the body can be adjusted — not just the spine.
Chiropractic care is not limited to the spine. At Foudy Chiropractic in Mission Viejo, almost every joint in the body can be adjusted — shoulders and hips, elbows and knees, wrists and ankles, hands and feet, ribs and jaw. Like spinal joints, extremity joints become misaligned and fixated, and restoring their motion increases the working life of the joint. Motion is also the only way nutrients reach joint cartilage, since cartilage has no direct blood supply. Frozen shoulder, hip impingement, and knee tracking problems are treated alongside the spinal findings that often contribute to them.
What it feels like
If several of these sound like you, they are worth measuring rather than guessing at.
- Shoulder that will not lift overhead without pain
- Hip pain when sitting, standing, or sleeping on that side
- Clicking, catching, or grinding in a joint
- Pain that returned after physical therapy ended
- A joint that never regained full range after an old injury
- Cortisone injections that helped, then stopped helping
| Relief | Correction | |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Quiet the symptom | Address the cause |
| Typical length | A few visits | A course of care, then maintenance |
| What is included | Adjustment and modalities | Adjustment, modalities, and corrective exercise |
| Re-testing | Not usually | Progress exam against your own baseline |
| Likelihood it returns | Higher | Lower, if the exercise work is done |
What this means for you: both are legitimate choices, and Dr. Foudy will not push you toward the longer one. You just make the choice knowing which one you picked, and what it does and does not buy you.
The spine is usually involved too
A shoulder that will not move is frequently a shoulder plus a mid-back that has stopped rotating. A hip that hurts is frequently a hip plus a pelvis sitting out of alignment. Treating the painful joint alone is why the pain keeps returning.
The exam looks at both — the joint you came in about, and the segment above and below it that has been quietly compensating.
Why motion matters to a joint
Cartilage has no direct blood supply. Motion is the only mechanism that draws nutrients into it and flushes waste out. A joint that has stopped moving properly is a joint that is being starved, which is how wear accelerates.
Adjusting delivers an immediate increase in range of motion. That is why athletes who demand performance from heavily stressed joints care about this as much as patients in pain do.
In summary: shoulder & hip pain at Foudy Chiropractic
- What it is. Almost every joint in the body can be adjusted — not just the spine.
- How it is found. Surface EMG reads nerve-root function level by level, digital X-rays show the structure, and palpation validates both — so the cause is measured rather than guessed at.
- How it is treated. Chiropractic adjustment, the open-floor modalities, and where discs are involved, AccuSpina spinal decompression. Corrective exercise follows so the correction holds.
- What it costs. An adjustment visit is $90 with every modality included. Decompression plans are quoted in person after your exam.
- Where. Foudy Chiropractic, 28892 Marguerite Pkwy #150, Mission Viejo, CA 92692 — (949) 365-0403.
Shoulder & Hip Pain — questions people ask
Chiropractors treat shoulders and hips?
Yes. Almost every joint outside the spine can be adjusted — hands and feet, wrists and ankles, elbows and knees, shoulders and hips, ribs and jaw. Extremity adjusting is a standard part of chiropractic practice.
Can chiropractic help frozen shoulder?
Often. One patient described a frozen shoulder relieved through stretching and release work with Melanie and Dr. Foudy after seven years of physical therapy and cortisone injections had not resolved it.
What if I need surgery?
Then you need surgery, and Dr. Foudy will tell you so and refer you. The exam exists to find that out before you spend months on care that will not work.
Is this the same as physical therapy?
No, though they complement each other. Chiropractic restores joint motion; corrective exercise rebuilds the strength and control that holds it. Melanie trains physical therapists and does the second half here.
Other things this office sees every week
Sciatica
Pain running from the low back into the buttock and down the leg. Dr. Foudy hears this almost every day — and can almost always help.
Read more →Lower Back Pain
The most common reason people walk through this door — and the one Dr. Foudy says he can almost always help.
Read more →Neck Pain
“Every time I turn my neck a certain way, I get this shooting pain into my shoulder blades.” He hears it constantly.
Read more →Headaches & Migraines
“I'm getting these headaches that are kind of all over my head.” Many of them start at the top of the neck.
Read more →Herniated & Bulging Discs
A gentler alternative to medication or surgery — decompression with oscillation at maximum load.
Read more →Numbness & Tingling
Where you feel it is rarely where it starts. The scan finds where it starts.
Read more →Forward Head Posture
The posture your desk gave you — measurable, and correctable.
Read more →Sports Injuries & Performance
The chiropractor behind a gold medal team. What the athletes got is what you get.
Read more →Whiplash & Auto Injury
Symptoms often arrive days after the collision. The exam finds what the adrenaline hid.
Read more →Scoliosis
A curve that is measured, tracked, and worked on — not just watched.
Read more →Pregnancy & Prenatal Care
Gentle care for the back and pelvic pain that pregnancy brings with it.
Read more →Get an answer, not a guess.
One visit tells you whether shoulder & hip pain is something this office can help with. You will see your own scan and your own X-rays before any plan is proposed.