Alternative Pain Care - Chicago
About
Based in Chicago, Illinois, this chiropractic practice focuses on hypermobility and chronic pain. At Alternative Pain Care we use the latest research and technology to identify the causes and solutions to many health challenges but especially musculoskeletal and structural dysfunctions in the body. As someone who is hypermobile myself, I have sought out the most gentle, least invasive, and most effective ways to treat spinal instabilities especially of the pelvis and sacroilliac joint and cervical spine. Naprapathy, Shiatsu, Cranial Sacral Therapy and Lymph Drainage Therapy are some of the manual therapies we specialize in.
EDS Healthcare in Illinois
Illinois lacks an EDS Society Center of Excellence and has no dedicated multi-specialty EDS program despite Chicago's large medical community. Individual providers such as Dr. Matthew Mandell in internal medicine see EDS patients, but there is no coordinated EDS center. Indiana University Health's EDS & HSD Clinic in Indianapolis, about 3 hours from Chicago, is the nearest Center of Excellence.
Chicago's status as an "EDS physician desert" means that even patients in the state's largest metro area struggle to find experienced EDS care. Downstate Illinois faces even greater challenges with very few providers familiar with EDS. Many patients travel to Indianapolis, which adds time and expense.
Finding Chiropractic for EDS
Confirm the chiropractor uses gentle, low-force techniques like Activator or flexion-distraction rather than high-velocity adjustments, which can injure hypermobile joints.