The Spinal Connections: Johnson Chiropractic 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 recent studies, the connection between spinal manipulation and the relief of lower limb pain and weakness in addition to imbalance are investigated. Johnson Chiropractic has seen such relief. The research contributes to the talk with such Richmond chiropractic patients that there’s hope for their condition.
LOWER LIMB STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT
Richmond chiropractic patients come to Johnson Chiropractic with typically one pain issue and do not even note other issues until we find them together via the spinal examination. We are manytimes detectives together! The chiropractic exam can uncover clues to the condition at hand, clues that often are sore or weak and, thankfully, also resolve with chiropractic treatment. Lower limb weakness is often overlooked by back and leg pain patients. Pain is the attention-getter. One report 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 paper of spinal manipulation’s effect on lower limb strength of healthy people displayed immediate boost in muscle strength after just one treatment. The chiropractic spinal manipulation treatment helps ease the pain and improve the lower limb weakness. The effect is found to be immediate with just one spinal manipulation. For patients who have hip and knee weakness yet otherwise healthy, the strength improvement is even larger. (2) Patients at Johnson Chiropractic have enjoyed just such improvement!
LOWER LIMB IMBALANCE IMPROVEMENT
Other Richmond chiropractic patients with limb imbalances in whom one leg is seemingly stronger than the other have noticed relief with their Richmond chiropractic spinal manipulation, also. They may know they have it or don’t realize it until we complete 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 got better compared to placebo treatment. These strength improvements were seen after just one lumbar spine manipulation session. (3) Spinal mobilization improved hip flexor strength and performance in asymptomatic young adults. (4) These are positive results for our Richmond 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 get rid of the hip pain. His care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management got the job done.
Schedule your next Richmond chiropractic care appointment with Johnson Chiropractic. Come see how spinal manipulation may improve your spine, hip and knee pain and weakness, back pain, and more! Experience the healing connection yourself!
