It is 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 and imbalance are investigated.
Hollstrom & Associates Inc has noticed such relief. The research contributes
to the talk with such Largo chiropractic patients
that there’s hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Largo chiropractic patients seek care at Hollstrom & Associates Inc with usually one pain issue and do
not even note other issues until we find them
together via the spinal exam. We are often
detectives together! The chiropractic exam can discover
clues to the condition at hand, clues that often are painful
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 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 boost
in muscle strength after just one session. The chiropractic
spinal manipulation treatment helps ease the pain and increase
the lower limb weakness. The effect is reported to be immediate
with just one spinal manipulation. For patients who have hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength
improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at Hollstrom & Associates Inc have reported
just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Largo chiropractic patients with limb
imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the
other have noticed relief with their Largo 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 seen 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 Largo 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 Largo chiropractic care
appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc. Come see 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!