Synergy Chiropractic and Physical Therapy

Good impression so far. Nice office and great hours.

Dr. Cleland is very knowledgeable and professional.
I often get really bad headaches, which never goes away. My shoulder and neck hurt for years, and it’s just chronic pain I always have in the past few years.
Dr. Cleland helped me big time in treating my shoulder/​neck pain. I’ve tried many other different things such as physiotherapy, acupuncture, massage… you name it, but they didn’t work as effective as Dr Cleland’s treatments. You’ve got to see Dr. Cleland if you are suffering from any shoulder/​neck pain, and I guarantee you that he will change your life!!!

In August of 2011 I began to have problems with my shoulder. By the end of September I couldn’t lift my arm. Although x-​rays and ultrasound showed I had no injury, or impingement, my arm was almost dead. They told me it was adhesive capsulitis, or «Frozen Shoulder.»
I had shooting pain in my shoulder, and the slightest jarring would send me through the roof. I was in extreme pain and nothing seemed to help. I tried acupuncture, massage, cortisone shots, drugs and although each offered a little relief, nothing helped for long. Then a friend told me about Trigenics and Dr. Richard Cleland.
I started going to the clinic in late November 2011 and on my first visit I was able to lift my arm over my head. Something I hadn’t done in months. Although the treatment is painful, the results can’t be argued with.
I’ve been been in treatment for 5 months and I’ve regained 95% of my strength and mobility. If you’ve been told you have a frozen shoulder, I highly recommend you call Synergy Chiropractic. Don’t wait two years, or longer for your frozen shoulder to go away. See Dr. Cleland, and start getting well today.

After reconstructive shoulder surgery, I went to physio at UBC Sports Medicine. My doctor told me not to do any type of sports or physical training other than what he recommended, and that it would take a year before I could do anything strenuous or risky, like snowboarding.
Against my doctor’s recommendation I went for an initial consult at Crossfit Vancouver, where I wanted to start training. My coach there told me to go see Dr. Cleland and combine that with a tailored Crossfit training program.
Dr. Cleland was great — very personable and understanding of my surgery and fitness goals. He explained everything he was doing to me so that I could understand, instead of in gobbledeegook doctorspeak. While the procedures were extremely painful (he was working on my fascial tissue and deep muscle scars) they worked. I was able to excel at my fitness training almost immediately, and my range of motion was improved significantly.
When I returned to Boston for the one year follow-​up with my surgeon, I was told that I had recovered in record time and achieved a range of motion not usually possible after a surgery like mine.
Thanks Cleland!