It is 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 as
well as imbalance are explored.
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office has noticed such relief. The research contributes
to the discussion with such Groton chiropractic patients
that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Groton chiropractic patients come
to Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office with typically one pain issue and don’t even note other issues until we uncover them
together via the spinal examination. We are often
detectives together! The chiropractic exam can uncover
clues to the condition at hand, clues that frequently are painful
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
stated that a single spinal manipulation enhanced
muscle strength (for a half hour) and corticospinal excitability
(for 60 minutes) to ankle plantar flexor muscles in Taekwondo
athletes. (1) Another study of spinal manipulation’s effect on
lower limb strength of healthy people displayed immediate increase
in muscle strength after just one session. The chiropractic
spinal manipulation treatment helps relieve the pain and improve
the lower limb weakness. The effect is found to be immediate
with just one spinal manipulation. For patients who
experience hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength
improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office have reported
just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Groton chiropractic patients with limb
imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the
other have found relief with their Groton chiropractic
spinal manipulation, too. They may know they have it
or do not realize it until we go through 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 seen 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 Groton chiropractic
patients!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
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 get
rid of the hip pain. His care with the Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management helped her.
Schedule your next Groton chiropractic care
appointment with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. 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!