The Spinal Connections: Satterwhite Chiropractic Offers 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 published articles, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief of lower limb pain and weakness in addition to imbalance are explored. Satterwhite Chiropractic has seen such relief. The research contributes to the talk with such Oxford chiropractic patients that there’s hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Oxford chiropractic patients visit Satterwhite Chiropractic with usually 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 exam can discover clues to the condition at hand, clues that frequently are painful or weak and, thankfully, also calm with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is manytimes disregarded by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One report reported that a single spinal manipulation improved muscle strength (for a half hour) 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 session. The chiropractic spinal manipulation treatment helps ease the pain and improve the lower limb weakness. The effect is reported to be immediate with only one spinal manipulation. For patients with hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength improvement is even bigger. (2) Patients at Satterwhite Chiropractic have reported just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Oxford chiropractic patients with limb imbalances in whom one leg seems stronger than the other have found relief with their Oxford chiropractic spinal manipulation, too. They may realize they have it or do not realize it until we go through the exam jointly. 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 noted after just one lumbar spine manipulation session. (3) Spinal mobilization boosted hip flexor strength and performance in asymptomatic young adults. (4) These are positive outcomes for our Oxford chiropractic patients!
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Check out 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 relieve the hip pain. His care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped her.
Schedule your next Oxford chiropractic care appointment with Satterwhite Chiropractic. Come see how spinal manipulation may help your spine, hip and knee pain and weakness, back pain, and more! Experience the healing connection yourself!
