Corona Chiropractor

When it comes to hip pain relief, your chiropractor in Corona offers highly effective non-surgical, drug-free treatment. Hopefully, it goes without saying that surgery should be a last resort whenever possible. So, before you decide on hip surgery, ask yourself the following questions: Is it impossible for you to get a good night’s sleep because your hip pain wakes you up at 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 initially difficult to get your legs moving properly? Do you feel pain whenever you rotate or twist them or when you cross your legs? If these symptoms sound familiar, it is likely that you have imbalances and alignment problems in your lower extremities that, in addition to causing your hip pain, can lead to osteoarthritis in your hips in the future if not treated. The good news is that whether or not degenerative changes have already taken place, chiropractic treatment can help!

You may be getting older and it may be true that your hip joints aren’t what they used to be. Nonetheless, did you know that your hip pain (and related problems), which routinely signal age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be generated by osteoarthritis? That’s right. In fact, rather than being the original source of your problem, osteoarthritis of the hip joint is more often than not the outgrowth of a past injury (or injuries) to your hips.

Hip problems commonly have to do with asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion, as in the case of walking. If you “pronate” when you walk, with your toes pointing away from your body (like a duck), it is inevitable that you will feel pain in your hips from the asymmetrical tension on your hip joints as your body attempts to compensate. Fortunately, you can learn to alter your gait pattern at any age, and your chiropractor in Corona can help you to do it.

Moreover, you may have had gait changes as the result of an ankle sprain or knee strain, and since “the knee bone’s connected to the hip bone,” these biomechanical changes cause pain in the hip(s). There is no doubt that, if not corrected, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, namely, the wear and tear that creates degenerative changes.

Other circumstances that can occasionally impact the hip joints are starting a new job or beginning a new sport that requires you to move your body in uncommon ways. Also, ferrying a child (or grandchild) on one hip can cause hip pain. Even your sitting position or driving for long periods of time on a regular basis can cause hip injury and pain.

So you can see that not every pain is caused by “old age,” even though we may experience more pain due to the progressive nature of untreated injuries.

Your chiropractor in Corona will treat our hip problem directly, and as part of your chiropractic management will recommend special rehabilitative exercises that include gentle muscle stretching and strengthening, and will also analyze your gait and may recommend simple pattern changes.

Your hip pain won’t go away by itself. Hip pain is a signal that there’s a condition that needs correcting. If ignored, more than likely that at some point you will require that hip replacement surgery. So, don’t put off until tomorrow, what truly needs to be done today. Your chiropractor in Corona can get you out of pain, get your body back into balance, and help you get to back to enjoying your life again!

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Even though hip pain and related problems can generally be traced to age-related degenerative conditions, especially osteoarthritis of the hip joint, osteoarthritis isn’t always the perpetrator. In fact, rather than being the original cause of the problem, osteoarthritis of the hip joint can be the ultimate result of damage to your hips at a previous time.

Gait changes as the result of biomechanical injury such as an ankle sprain or knee strain, can produce hip pain. Also, if you change jobs, alter the way you sit, take on a new sport or activity, or start driving for long periods of a regular basis, your gait may alter to compensate for these new changes.

In addition, gait asymmetries can be caused by carrying a baby or small child on your hip, leg length dissimilarities, or foot pronation conditions. Strictly speaking, anything that produces an asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion can bring about painful hip problems.

Along with your adjustments, as part of the chiropractic management of your hip problem your chiropractor may suggest that you wear orthotics. Your chiropractor will also offer suitable progressive rehabilitative exercises that include muscle stretching and strengthening.

Hip pain won’t disappear on its own. Hip pain means that something needs correcting. Your chiropractor can help to get you out of pain, get back into balance, and get your life back!

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