It’s all connected. The spine, the hips, the
knees, the legs, the feet, the toes. In recent published
articles, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief
of lower limb pain and weakness and imbalance are investigated.
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries has noticed such relief. The research adds
to the discussion with such Manchester chiropractic patients
that there’s hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Manchester chiropractic patients seek care at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries with typically one pain issue and do
not even note other issues until we find them
together during the spinal examination. We are often
detectives together! The chiropractic exam can uncover
clues to the condition at hand, clues that often are sore
or weak and, thankfully, also resolve with chiropractic treatment. Lower
limb weakness is manytimes disregarded
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 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 displayed immediate increase
in muscle strength after just one treatment. The chiropractic
spinal manipulation treatment helps ease the pain and increase
the lower limb weakness. The effect is found to be immediate
with only one spinal manipulation. For patients who
experience hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength
improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries have noticed
just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Manchester chiropractic patients with limb
imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the
other have noticed relief with their Manchester chiropractic
spinal manipulation, also. They may know they have it
or do not realize it until we complete 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 got better 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 Manchester chiropractic
patients!
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
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 get
rid of the hip pain. His treatment with the Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management got the job done.
Schedule your next Manchester chiropractic care
appointment with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. Come see how spinal
manipulation may help your spine, hip and knee pain and
weakness, back pain, and more! Experience the healing connection yourself!