When it comes to hip pain relief, your chiropractor in Corona provides valuable non-invasive, drug-free treatment. Whenever possible, surgery should be seen as a final option. 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 sufficiently? 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 imbalances and misalignments in your lower extremities that are not only causing your hip pain, but can eventually 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 taken place!
It may be true that you’re getting older and your hip joints just aren’t what they used to be. Nonetheless, did you know that your hip pain (and related problems), which usually point to age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be produced by osteoarthritis? That’s right. In many cases, as opposed to being the root cause of your condition, osteoarthritis of the hip joint is often the result 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 when you are walking. If you “pronate” when you walk, with your toes pointing away from your body (like a duck), eventually you will experience pain in your hips due to the asymmetrical stress 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 help you to do it.
Additionally, 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 alterations generate hip pain. Of course, if not corrected, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, namely, the wear and tear that leads to degenerative changes.
Other situations that can frequently impact the hip joints are starting a new job or beginning a new sport that necessitates your moving your body in unfamiliar ways. Also, ferrying a child (or grandchild) on one hip can cause hip pain. Even the way you sit or driving for extended 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 start to feel more pain due to the progressive activity of untreated injuries.
In addition to your adjustments, as an integral part of your chiropractic management, your Corona Chiropractor will offer special 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 by itself. Hip pain is a sign that there’s an injury that needs treatment. If left untreated, it is very likely that you will eventually require that hip replacement surgery. So, don’t wait until it’s too late. Your Corona Chiropractor can relieve your hip pain, get your body back into balance, and help you get to back to enjoying your life again!