Corona Chiropractor

When it comes to hip pain relief, your chiropractor in Corona offers potent non-invasive, drug-free treatment. Hopefully, it goes without saying that surgery should be a last resort whenever possible. So, before you decide on hip surgery, consider the following questions: Does hip pain keep you up at night and make a good night’s sleep unattainable? When you get out of bed in the morning, and/or when you get 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 imbalances and alignment problems in your lower extremities that are not only causing your hip pain, but can over time lead to osteoarthritis in your hips if not treated. The good news is that chiropractic treatment can help whether or not degenerative changes have already started!

You may be getting older and it may be true that your hip joints aren’t what they used to be. Nonetheless, are you aware that your hip pain (and related problems), which normally are thought to be age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be created 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 outcome of a previous injury (or injuries) to your hips.

Frequently, hip problems have to do with asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion, as in the case of walking. If you “pronate” when you walk, like a duck, with your toes pointing away from your body, sooner or later you will develop pain in your hips as a result of the asymmetrical tension on your hip joints and your body’s efforts 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 developed gait changes because of an ankle sprain or knee strain, and since “the knee bone’s connected to the hip bone,” these biomechanical changes generate pain in the hip(s). Of course, if not remedied, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, i.e, wear and tear that causes degenerative changes.

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

Isn’t it good to know that not every pain is caused by “old age,” even though we may experience more pain due to the progressive activity of untreated injuries.

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

Your hip pain won’t vanish on its own. Hip pain is a symptom letting you know that something 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 Corona Chiropractor 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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