Your Corona Chiropractor offers a valuable non-surgical, drug-free approach to relieving hip pain and often eliminating it altogether. As most of us know, surgery should be a last resort whenever possible. Therefore, before you schedule a surgery to replace that hip, think about the following questions: Is it out of the question for you to get a good night’s sleep because your hip pain wakes you up at night? When you get up 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 so, you may have asymmetries and misalignments in your lower extremities that, in addition to causing your hip pain, 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 taken place!
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 point to age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be produced 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 result of a previous injury (or injuries) to your hips.
Hip problems frequently have to do with asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion, like walking for instance. If you “pronate” when you walk, like a duck, with your toes pointing away from your body, it is inevitable that you will feel pain in your hips due to the asymmetrical tension on your hip joints and your body’s efforts to compensate. Fortunately, you can learn to correct your gait pattern at any age, and your chiropractor in Corona can help you to do it.
Moreover, 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 produce hip pain. There is no doubt that, if not treated, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, i.e, wear and tear that produces degenerative changes.
Other activities that can occasionally 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 unfamiliar ways. Also, ferrying a child (or grandchild) on one hip can cause hip pain. Even your sitting position or driving for extended 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,” even though we may experience more pain due to the progressive nature of untreated injuries.
And important aspect of the chiropractic management of your hip problem, in addition to your adjustments, your Corona Chiropractor will offer 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 disappear on its own. Hip pain is a sign that something needs correcting. If neglected, there is a good possibility that at some point you will require that hip replacement surgery. So, don’t wait until it’s too late. Your chiropractor in Corona can relieve your hip pain, get your body back into balance, and help you get to back to enjoying your life again!