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 as
well as imbalance are investigated.
Spine & Sports Rehab Center has seen such relief. The research adds
to the talk with such Baton Rouge chiropractic patients
that there’s hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Baton Rouge chiropractic patients come
to Spine & Sports Rehab Center with typically one pain issue and do
not even notice other issues until we uncover 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 resolve with chiropractic treatment. Lower
limb weakness is often disregarded
by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One report
reported that a single spinal manipulation improved
muscle strength (for 30 minutes) 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 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 have hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength
improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at Spine & Sports Rehab Center have noticed
just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Baton Rouge chiropractic patients with limb
imbalances in whom one leg seems stronger than the
other have noticed 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 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 enhanced
hip flexor strength and performance in asymptomatic young adults. (4) These are
positive results for our Baton Rouge 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 get
rid of 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 Spine & Sports Rehab Center. 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!