What we treat, and how.
Eighteen conditions, three services, one plan. If you have been looking for a chiropractor for pain management in Scottsdale who treats the cause rather than the symptom, start here: find what hurts, read how we treat it, and book the right first visit.
- In practice since 2003
- Chiropractic, acupuncture and massage in one plan
- Old Town Scottsdale, Scottsdale Road
- 4.9 from 75 Google reviews
Find what hurts
What does a chiropractor treat? Here, these eighteen.
Grouped by where it hurts. For each: what is going on, how the three services combine, when to see a doctor first, and the questions patients ask most.
Spine
6 conditions
Head and jaw
3 conditions
Nerve
3 conditions
Joints and limbs
6 conditions
Three ways in
One doctor, one plan, three ways to treat it.
Dr. Tracey is a chiropractor and a board certified acupuncturist, with licensed massage therapists on the same hallway. A plan can move between all three without a referral.
Chiropractic
Manual or instrument adjusting
Dr. Tracey Ryder, DC
The core of care for back, neck and joint pain. A Scottsdale chiropractor who explains what she found and why she recommends what she recommends.
How adjustments workAbout chiropractic
Chiropractic in Scottsdale at Ryder starts with restoring motion to joints that have stopped moving well, which is usually where the pain is coming from. Manual and instrument techniques are both available and Dr. Tracey will tell you plainly which one she recommends.
Conditions treated
Acupuncture
Board certified, State of Arizona
Often paired fifty-fifty with adjustments
Acupuncture for pain, headaches, stress and recovery, from the same doctor, in the same plan. Chiropractor and acupuncture in Scottsdale under one roof.
What acupuncture treatsAbout acupuncture
Sterile single-use needles at specific points, with electroacupuncture available. Sessions are calm and most people are surprised how little they feel.
Conditions treated
Massage therapy
Licensed massage therapists
Fourteen modalities
Deep tissue, sports, prenatal, myofascial release and cupping, scheduled around your adjustments. Chiropractic and massage in Scottsdale, one front desk.
See the modalitiesAbout massage therapy
Therapeutic, myofascial release, deep tissue, prenatal, sports, hot stone, trigger point, neuromuscular release, Ashiatsu, reflexology, Swedish, aromatherapy, cupping and gua sha.
Conditions treated
How we decide
How we decide what you need
The same five steps for every condition. A chiropractor near me for pain should be able to explain each one.
History
Where it hurts, when it started, what makes it better or worse, what you have tried, and anything that points to a problem we should not treat.
Exam
Hands-on, with motion and posture checks and the nerve tests the condition calls for. The joints above and below the sore one are always checked.
Imaging only when it changes the plan
Most conditions are diagnosed by history and exam. X-rays or an MRI are ordered when weakness is progressing, an injury needs ruling out, or the plan is not working.
A plain-language plan
What is going on, which of the three services will be used and in what order, and how many visits it should take to know it is working.
A re-check at every visit
The plan changes as you do. If it is not moving the problem, it changes, or we refer you to someone who can help.
Symptoms
Symptoms people come in with
Natural pain relief in Scottsdale starts with naming what hurts. Tap a symptom to read the condition behind it.
- Sharp low back pain
- Numbness down one leg
- Morning stiffness
- Jaw clicking
- Headaches behind the eyes
- Tingling fingers
- Dizziness on turning
- Shoulder catching overhead
- Knee ache on stairs
- Heel pain on first steps
- Neck pain after a crash
- Aching hips after sitting
- Burning feet at night
- Pain shooting into an arm
- A back that locks after lifting
- A niggle that returns every training block
Not on the list? Book an exam. Dr. Tracey will tell you whether it is something we treat.
Why one provider
Pain management from one provider: chiropractic, acupuncture and massage.
Most pain has more than one part: a joint that has stopped moving, a nerve that is irritated, muscle that has locked down around both. A practice with one service treats one part. Dr. Tracey is a chiropractor and a board certified acupuncturist, with licensed massage therapists on the same hallway, so one plan can treat all three parts, in the right order, without a referral or a second intake. That is what chiropractic, acupuncture and massage for pain under one roof means in practice.
It also means one person explains it to you. Every page on this site is written the way she talks in the treatment room: what is going on, what we will do about it, and how you will know it is working.
Real questions
What people ask before booking.
Searched in Scottsdale What does a chiropractor treat?
Mechanical pain: the back, neck, hips, shoulders, knees, feet and jaw, the headaches and nerve pain that come from them, and the injuries of sport, work and car accidents. A chiropractor does not treat infection, fracture or disease, and the exam at the first visit is designed to find the cases that need a physician first. The eighteen pages above cover what is treated here.
Conditions treated by acupuncture: which do you see most?
Conditions treated by acupuncture here include most of the eighteen, alongside chiropractic care. Acupuncture is used most for headaches and migraines, sciatica and other nerve pain, TMJ, neuropathy, carpal tunnel, arthritis aching, sports recovery, and the stress and sleep problems that make pain worse. Dr. Tracey is a board certified acupuncturist, so it is part of the same plan.
Can a chiropractor fix a pinched nerve?
A chiropractor restores motion to the spinal segment whose narrowed opening is pressing the nerve, so the pressure and inflammation come down. Combined with acupuncture and massage, most pinched nerves settle with conservative care. The pinched nerve page explains it in detail.
Massage or chiropractic for back pain?
It depends on whether the problem is the joint or the muscle, and it is usually both. Here you do not have to choose: the exam tells us, and one plan can use both, often in the same visit.
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Not sure which page you are?
Book an exam. Tell us where it hurts and how long it has been going on, and Dr. Tracey will tell you what is going on and which of the three services you need.
- Monday
- 8:30 AM to 6 PM
- Tuesday
- 8:30 AM to 12 PM
- Wednesday
- 8:30 AM to 6 PM
- Thursday
- 2 to 6 PM
- Friday
- 8:30 AM to 6 PM
- Saturday to Sunday
- Closed
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Prefer to talk? Call (480) 900-5280.