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 as
well as imbalance are explored.
Pflugerville Wellness Center has noticed such relief. The research adds
to the discussion with such Pflugerville chiropractic patients
that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Pflugerville chiropractic patients seek care at Pflugerville Wellness Center with typically one pain issue and do
not even notice other issues until we find them
together during the spinal exam. We are manytimes
detectives together! The chiropractic exam can discover
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 unnoticed
by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One report
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 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 bigger. (2) Patients at Pflugerville Wellness Center have noticed
just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Pflugerville chiropractic patients with limb
imbalances for whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the
other have noticed relief with their Pflugerville chiropractic
spinal manipulation, too. They may know they have it
or don’t realize it until we go through the exam jointly.
Once found, 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 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 Pflugerville 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 care with the Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management did the trick.
Schedule your next Pflugerville chiropractic care
appointment with Pflugerville Wellness Center. Come see 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!