Your Corona Chiropractor offers a highly successful non-invasive, drug-free approach to easing hip pain and frequently getting rid of it altogether. Whenever possible, surgery should be seen as a final option. Therefore, before you schedule a surgery to replace that hip, think about the following questions: Does hip pain keep you up at night and make it impossible for you to get a good night’s sleep? When you arise in the morning, and/or when you step out of your car, are you stiff and do you find it hard at first to move your legs? 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 asymmetries and misalignments in your lower extremities that are not only causing your hip pain, but can eventually lead to degenerative joint disease in your hips if not treated. The good news is that chiropractic treatment can help whether or not degenerative changes have already begun!
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 normally signal age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be generated by osteoarthritis? That’s right. In many cases, instead of being the original source of your problem, osteoarthritis of the hip joint is often the outcome of a prior injury (or injuries) to your hips.
Hip problems frequently have to do with asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion, as in the case of walking. If you tend to walk “pronated” like a duck, with your toes pointing away from your body, sooner or later you will experience pain in your hips due to the asymmetrical pressure on your hip joints and your body’s efforts to compensate. Fortunately, you can make changes in your gait pattern at any age, and your chiropractor in Corona can show you how to do it.
Moreover, you may have developed gait changes due to an ankle sprain or knee strain, and since “the knee bone’s connected to the hip bone,” these biomechanical alterations cause hip pain. There is no doubt that, if not remedied, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, namely, the wear and tear that leads to degenerative changes.
Other activities that can frequently injure the hip joints are starting a new job or beginning a new sport that makes it necessary for you to move your body in uncommon ways. Also, transporting a child (or grandchild) on one hip can cause hip pain. Even the way you sit or driving for prolonged 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,” although we may start to feel 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 suggest appropriate rehabilitative exercises that include gentle muscle stretching and strengthening, and will also evaluate your gait and may recommend simple pattern changes.
Your hip pain won’t vanish on its own. Hip pain is a symptom telling you that there’s a problem that needs to be remedied. If ignored, it is very likely 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!