The Spinal Connections: Hollstrom & Associates Inc 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 recent studies, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief of lower limb pain and weakness as well as imbalance are investigated. Hollstrom & Associates Inc has seen such relief. The research adds to the talk with such Largo chiropractic patients that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Largo chiropractic patients visit Hollstrom & Associates Inc with typically one pain issue and do not even notice other issues until we uncover them together during the spinal exam. 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 calm with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is often overlooked by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One report stated that a single spinal manipulation enhanced muscle strength (for 30 minutes) and corticospinal excitability (for an hour) to ankle plantar flexor muscles in Taekwondo athletes. (1) Another paper of spinal manipulation’s effect on lower limb strength of healthy people displayed immediate increase 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 reported 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 Hollstrom & Associates Inc have reported just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Largo chiropractic patients with limb imbalances for whom one leg seems stronger than the other have found relief with their Largo chiropractic spinal manipulation, also. They may realize they have it or don’t realize it until we complete the exam together. Once found, limb strength imbalances of a minimum of 15% in hip flexion, extension, abduction or knee flexion treated 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 get rid of the hip pain. His care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped her.
Schedule your next Largo chiropractic care appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc. Come see how spinal manipulation may improve your spine, hip and knee pain and weakness, back pain, and more! Experience the healing connection yourself!
