The Spinal Connections: Aurora Chiropractic Center Offers 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 recent studies, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief of lower limb pain and weakness and imbalance are investigated. Aurora Chiropractic Center has seen such relief. The research contributes to the talk with such Juneau chiropractic patients that there’s hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Juneau chiropractic patients visit Aurora Chiropractic Center with usually one pain issue and do not even notice other issues until we find them together during the spinal examination. We are often detectives together! The chiropractic examination 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 manytimes overlooked by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One study stated that a single spinal manipulation enhanced muscle strength (for 30 minutes) and corticospinal excitability (for an hour) to ankle plantar flexor muscles in Taekwondo athletes. (1) Another study of spinal manipulation’s effect on lower limb strength of healthy people displayed immediate increase 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 larger. (2) Patients at Aurora Chiropractic Center have noticed just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Juneau chiropractic patients with limb imbalances for whom one leg seems stronger than the other have noticed relief with their Juneau chiropractic spinal manipulation, too. They may realize they have it or do not realize it until we complete the exam jointly. Once discovered, 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 seen 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 Juneau 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 shares the story of a patient with hip pain after a hip replacement surgery to relieve the hip pain. His care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management did the trick.
Schedule your next Juneau chiropractic care appointment with Aurora Chiropractic Center. Come see how spinal manipulation may help your spine, hip and knee pain and weakness, back pain, and more! It’s time for you to experience the healing connection!
