It is all connected. The spine, the hips, the
knees, the legs, the feet, the toes. In new studies, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief
of lower limb pain and weakness as
well as imbalance are explored.
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has noticed such relief. The research adds
to the talk with such McHenry chiropractic patients
that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
McHenry chiropractic patients come
to OrthoIllinois Chiropractic with typically one pain issue and do
not even note other issues until we find them
together via the spinal examination. We are manytimes
detectives together! The chiropractic examination can discover
clues to the condition at hand, clues that frequently are sore
or weak and, thankfully, also calm with chiropractic treatment. Lower
limb weakness is manytimes disregarded
by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One report
stated that a single spinal manipulation improved
muscle strength (for a half hour) and corticospinal excitability
(for an hour) to ankle plantar flexor muscles in Taekwondo
athletes. (1) Another paper of spinal manipulation’s effect on
lower limb strength of healthy people showed immediate increase
in muscle strength after just one treatment. The chiropractic
spinal manipulation treatment helps relieve the pain and increase
the lower limb weakness. The effect is found to be immediate
with only one spinal manipulation. For patients with hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength
improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic have noticed
just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other McHenry chiropractic patients with limb
imbalances for whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the
other have found relief with their McHenry chiropractic
spinal manipulation, too. They may realize they have it
or don’t realize it until we go through the exam together.
Once found, limb strength imbalances of at
least 15% in hip flexion, extension, abduction or knee flexion cared for
with spinal manipulation improved compared to placebo
treatment. These strength improvements were noted after just
one lumbar spine manipulation session. (3) Spinal mobilization enhanced
hip flexor strength and performance in asymptomatic young adults. (4) These are
positive outcomes for our McHenry chiropractic
patients!
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Listen to this PODCAST
by Dr. Kim Lombardy on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the story of a patient with hip pain after a hip replacement surgery to relieve the hip pain. His treatment with the Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management helped her.
Schedule your next McHenry chiropractic care
appointment with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Come find out how spinal
manipulation may improve your spine, hip and knee pain and
weakness, back pain, and more! It’s time for you to experience the healing
connection!