Corona Chiropractor

Your Corona Chiropractor offers a valuable non-invasive, drug-free approach to relieving hip pain and frequently eliminating it altogether. Whenever possible, surgery should be seen as a final option. So, before you decide on hip surgery, think about 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 get 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 you've answered "yes" to any or all of these questions you probably have asymmetries and alignment problems in your lower extremities that, in addition to causing your hip pain, can eventually lead to osteoarthritis in your hips if not treated. The good news is that whether or not degenerative changes have already started, 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. Even so, did you know that your hip pain (and related problems), which normally signal age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be created by osteoarthritis? That's right. In fact, rather than being the original source of your pain, 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" with your toes pointing away from your body (like a duck), sooner or later you will experience pain in your hips as a result of the asymmetrical stress 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 help you to do it.

In addition, you may have undergone 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 accommodations create pain in the hip(s). There is no doubt that, if not corrected, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, i.e, wear and tear that produces degenerative changes.

Other activities that can sometimes adversely affect the hip joints are starting a new job or beginning a new sport that necessitates your moving your body in uncommon ways. Also, transporting a child (or grandchild) on one hip can cause hip pain. Even your sitting position or driving for prolonged periods of time on a routine basis can cause hip injury and pain.

So you can see that not every pain is caused by "old age," although we may experience more pain due to the progressive activity of untreated injuries.

And important aspect of the chiropractic management of your hip problem, along with your adjustments, your Corona Chiropractor will recommend special rehabilitative exercises that include gentle muscle stretching and strengthening, and will also study your gait and may suggest simple pattern changes.

Your hip pain won't go away on its own. Hip pain means that there's an injury that needs treatment. If left untreated, it is very likely that at some point you will require that hip replacement surgery. Remember the old adage, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." 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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