It’s all connected. The spine, the hips, the
knees, the legs, the feet, the toes. In recent studies, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief
of lower limb pain and weakness in addition to imbalance are explored.
Satterwhite Chiropractic has seen such relief. The research contributes
to the talk with such Oxford chiropractic patients
that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Oxford chiropractic patients come
to Satterwhite Chiropractic with typically one pain issue and don’t even note other issues until we find them
together during the spinal exam. We are manytimes
detectives together! The chiropractic exam can uncover
clues to the condition at hand, clues that often are painful
or weak and, thankfully, also resolve with chiropractic treatment. Lower
limb weakness is often overlooked
by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One study
stated that a single spinal manipulation enhanced
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 showed immediate boost
in muscle strength after just one session. The chiropractic
spinal manipulation treatment helps relieve the pain and increase
the lower limb weakness. The effect is reported to be immediate
with just one spinal manipulation. For patients who
experience hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength
improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at Satterwhite Chiropractic have reported
just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Oxford chiropractic patients with limb
imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the
other have noticed relief with their Oxford chiropractic
spinal manipulation, also. They may know they have it
or do not realize it until we go through the exam together.
Once discovered, limb strength imbalances of at
least 15% in hip flexion, extension, abduction or knee flexion treated
with spinal manipulation improved compared to placebo
treatment. These strength improvements were seen after just
one lumbar spine manipulation session. (3) Spinal mobilization improved
hip flexor strength and performance in asymptomatic young adults. (4) These are
positive results for our Oxford chiropractic
patients!
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Check out this PODCAST
by Dr. Kim Lombardy on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains
how he helped 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 Oxford chiropractic care
appointment with Satterwhite Chiropractic. Come find out how spinal
manipulation may improve your spine, hip and knee pain and
weakness, back pain, and more! Experience the healing connection yourself!