The Spinal Connections: Vancouver Disc Centers 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 published articles, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief of lower limb pain and weakness as well as imbalance are explored. Vancouver Disc Centers has seen such relief. The research contributes to the talk with such Vancouver chiropractic patients that there is hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Vancouver chiropractic patients visit Vancouver Disc Centers with typically one pain issue and do not even note other issues until we find them together during the spinal examination. We are often detectives together! The chiropractic exam can uncover clues to the condition at hand, clues that often are painful or weak and, thankfully, also resolve with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is manytimes disregarded by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One report stated that a single spinal manipulation improved muscle strength (for 30 minutes) and corticospinal excitability (for an hour) 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 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 bigger. (2) Patients at Vancouver Disc Centers have noticed just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Vancouver chiropractic patients with limb imbalances in whom one leg seems stronger than the other have noticed relief with their Vancouver chiropractic spinal manipulation, too. They may know they have it or don’t realize it until we complete the exam together. Once found, limb strength imbalances of at least 15% in hip flexion, extension, abduction or knee flexion cared for with spinal manipulation got better compared to placebo treatment. These strength improvements were seen 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 Vancouver 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 Vancouver chiropractic care appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers. Come find out 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!
