The Spinal Connections: Old Mill Chiropractic Delivers 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 in addition to imbalance are explored. Old Mill Chiropractic has noticed such relief. The research adds to the talk with such St Peters chiropractic patients that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
St Peters chiropractic patients come to Old Mill Chiropractic with typically one pain issue and don’t even note other issues until we uncover them together during the spinal examination. We are often detectives together! The chiropractic examination can discover clues to the condition at hand, clues that frequently are painful or weak and, thankfully, also resolve with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is often disregarded by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One study 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 just one spinal manipulation. For patients who have hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength improvement is even larger. (2) Patients at Old Mill Chiropractic have reported just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other St Peters chiropractic patients with limb imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the other have found relief with their St Peters chiropractic spinal manipulation, also. They may realize they have it or do not realize it until we complete the exam together. Once discovered, limb strength imbalances of a minimum of 15% in hip flexion, extension, abduction or knee flexion cared for with spinal manipulation improved compared to placebo treatment. These strength improvements were noted 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 St Peters 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 explains how he helped 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 St Peters chiropractic care appointment with Old Mill 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!
