The Spinal Connections: OrthoIllinois Chiropractic Delivers Spinal Manipulation Which Shows Lower Limb Strength Improvement
It’s 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 in addition to imbalance are investigated. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has seen such relief. The research contributes to the talk with such McHenry chiropractic patients that there’s hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
McHenry chiropractic patients seek care at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic with usually one pain issue and don’t even note other issues until we find them together during the spinal exam. We are often detectives together! The chiropractic exam can uncover clues to the condition at hand, clues that frequently are painful or weak and, thankfully, also calm with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is often unnoticed by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One study reported that a single spinal manipulation improved muscle strength (for a half hour) and corticospinal excitability (for 60 minutes) to ankle plantar flexor muscles in Taekwondo athletes. (1) Another paper of spinal manipulation’s effect on lower limb strength of healthy people displayed immediate boost in muscle strength after just one treatment. The chiropractic spinal manipulation treatment helps relieve the pain and improve the lower limb weakness. The effect is found to be immediate with only one spinal manipulation. For patients who have hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic have enjoyed just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other McHenry chiropractic patients with limb imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the other have noticed relief with their McHenry chiropractic spinal manipulation, too. They may realize they have it or don’t realize it until we complete the exam together. Once discovered, limb strength imbalances of a minimum of 15% in hip flexion, extension, abduction or knee flexion treated with spinal manipulation got better 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 results 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 get rid of 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 see how spinal manipulation may better your spine, hip and knee pain and weakness, back pain, and more! Experience the healing connection yourself!
