When it comes to hip pain relief, your chiropractor in Corona provides highly successful non-invasive, drug-free treatment. Whenever possible, surgery should be seen as a final option. So, before you decide on hip surgery, consider the following questions: Is it impossible for you to get a good night’s sleep because your hip pain wakes you up in the night? When you get out of bed in the morning, and/or when you step out of your car, are you stiff and do you find it difficult at first to move your legs? Do you feel pain in one or both hips when you cross your legs or rotate or twist your hips? If these symptoms sound familiar, it is likely that you have asymmetries and alignment problems in your lower extremities that are not only causing your hip pain, but can lead to degenerative joint disease in your hips in the future if not treated. The good news is that whether or not degenerative changes have already started, chiropractic treatment can help!
It may be true that you’re getting older and your hip joints just aren’t what they used to be. But, did you know that your hip pain and related problems, which signal age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be caused by osteoarthritis? That’s right. In fact, instead of being the root cause of your condition, osteoarthritis of the hip joint is more often than not the outgrowth of a prior injury (or injuries) to your hips.
As a general rule, hip problems have to do with asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion, like walking for instance. If you “pronate” when you walk, like a duck, with your toes pointing away from your body, eventually you will feel pain in your hips as a result of the asymmetrical pressure on your hip joints as your body attempts to compensate. Thankfully, you can make changes in your gait pattern at any age, and your chiropractor in Corona can show you how to do it.
In addition, you may have undergone gait changes because of an ankle sprain or knee strain, and since “the knee bone’s connected to the hip bone,” these biomechanical accommodations produce pain in the hip(s). Of course, if not treated, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, like wear and tear that creates degenerative changes.
Other activities that can sometimes injure the hip joints are starting a new job or beginning a new sport that necessitates your moving your body in atypical ways. Also, transporting a child (or grandchild) on one hip can create hip pain. Even your sitting position or driving for prolonged periods of time on a routine basis can cause hip injury and pain.
See? Not every pain is caused by “old age,” although we may suffer from more pain as the result of the progressive activity of untreated injuries.
In addition to your adjustments, as an integral part of your chiropractic management, your Corona Chiropractor will offer individualized rehabilitative exercises that include gentle muscle stretching and strengthening, and will also evaluate your gait and may suggest simple pattern changes.
Your hip pain won’t vanish on its own. Hip pain is a signal that there’s an injury that needs treatment. If neglected, there is a good possibility that you will eventually require that hip replacement surgery. Remember the old adage, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Your chiropractor in Corona can eliminate your hip pain, get your body back into balance, and help you get to back to enjoying your life again!
I believe that exercise, often in the form of sports activities, keeps the body healthy and strong. But, as a chiropractor I see a lot of sports related injuries, not just the weekend warriors, but young student-athletes. Sports activities seem to inevitably lead to sports injuries, and some are far more serious than others. That’s why I am happy to see that there is currently a focus on concussions, especially repeated concussions, among young athletes who participate in school sports. The question people are asking is: Are schools doing enough to protect their student-athletes? Do you, as a parent, feel that your child is safe when participating in sports at school? Many parents worry that their young athletes are at risk for serious sports injuries, especially concussions. In fact, the latest C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health found that nearly two-thirds of parents of young athletes between the ages 12 – 17 worry that their children will get a concussion while playing school sports.