The Spinal Connections: Minster Chiropractic Center Delivers Spinal Manipulation Which Shows Lower Limb Strength Improvement
It is 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. Minster Chiropractic Center has seen such relief. The research contributes to the discussion with such Minster chiropractic patients that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Minster chiropractic patients visit Minster Chiropractic Center with typically one pain issue and don’t even notice other issues until we uncover them together via the spinal examination. We are often detectives together! The chiropractic examination can discover clues to the condition at hand, clues that often are painful or weak and, thankfully, also resolve with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is often unnoticed by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One study reported that a single spinal manipulation enhanced muscle strength (for 30 minutes) and corticospinal excitability (for 60 minutes) 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 relieve the pain and improve the lower limb weakness. The effect is found to be immediate with only one spinal manipulation. For patients who have hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength improvement is even larger. (2) Patients at Minster Chiropractic Center have enjoyed just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Minster chiropractic patients with limb imbalances for whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the other have found relief with their Minster chiropractic spinal manipulation, too. They may realize they have it or don’t 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 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 Minster 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 treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management did the trick.
Schedule your next Minster chiropractic care appointment with Minster Chiropractic Center. Come find out how spinal manipulation may better your spine, hip and knee pain and weakness, back pain, and more! Experience the healing connection yourself!
