The Spinal Connections: Connected 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 new studies, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief of lower limb pain and weakness in addition to imbalance are explored. Connected Chiropractic has noticed such relief. The research adds to the talk with such Elgin chiropractic patients that there’s hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Elgin chiropractic patients seek care at Connected Chiropractic with typically one pain issue and don’t even notice other issues until we uncover them together during the spinal examination. We are manytimes detectives together! The chiropractic exam can discover clues to the condition at hand, clues that often are sore or weak and, thankfully, also resolve with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is often overlooked by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One study reported 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 study of spinal manipulation’s effect on lower limb strength of healthy people showed immediate boost in muscle strength after just one treatment. The chiropractic spinal manipulation treatment helps ease the pain and increase the lower limb weakness. The effect is found to be immediate with just one spinal manipulation. For patients with hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at Connected Chiropractic have noticed just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Elgin chiropractic patients with limb imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the other have noticed relief with their Elgin chiropractic spinal manipulation, too. They may know they have it or don’t realize it until we go through the exam together. Once found, 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 outcomes for our Elgin chiropractic patients!
CONTACT Connected Chiropractic
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 treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management got the job done.
Schedule your next Elgin chiropractic care appointment with Connected Chiropractic. Come see how spinal manipulation may improve your spine, hip and knee pain and weakness, back pain, and more! It’s time for you to experience the healing connection!
