The Spinal Connections: Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers 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 in addition to imbalance are investigated. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers has seen such relief. The research adds to the discussion with such Baton Rouge chiropractic patients that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Baton Rouge chiropractic patients seek care at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers with usually 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 exam can discover clues to the condition at hand, clues that frequently are sore or weak and, thankfully, also calm with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is often disregarded by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One study reported that a single spinal manipulation improved 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 showed immediate increase 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 bigger. (2) Patients at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers have enjoyed just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Baton Rouge chiropractic patients with limb imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the other have found relief with their Baton Rouge chiropractic spinal manipulation, too. They may know they have it or don’t realize it until we complete the exam jointly. Once found, 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 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 outcomes for our Baton Rouge 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 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 got the job done.
Schedule your next Baton Rouge chiropractic care appointment with Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers. Come find out how spinal manipulation may better your spine, hip and knee pain and weakness, back pain, and more! It’s time for you to experience the healing connection!
