The Spinal Connections: Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 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 new studies, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief of lower limb pain and weakness and imbalance are explored. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka has noticed such relief. The research contributes to the discussion with such Sitka chiropractic patients that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Sitka chiropractic patients visit Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka with typically one pain issue and do not even notice other issues until we find them together during the spinal examination. We are manytimes detectives together! The chiropractic examination can discover clues to the condition at hand, clues that often are painful or weak and, thankfully, also calm with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is often overlooked by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One report stated 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 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 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 larger. (2) Patients at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka have noticed just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Sitka chiropractic patients with limb imbalances for whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the other have found relief with their Sitka chiropractic spinal manipulation, too. They may realize they have it or do not realize it until we complete the exam together. 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 recorded after just one lumbar spine manipulation session. (3) Spinal mobilization boosted hip flexor strength and performance in asymptomatic young adults. (4) These are positive results for our Sitka 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 get rid of the hip pain. His treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped her.
Schedule your next Sitka chiropractic care appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Come find out 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!
