Chiropractor Santa Barbara: Chiropractic Care Can Get Rid of Your Hip Pain For Good!
Monday, August 10th, 2009Do you experience pain in one or both hips whenever you twist them or when you cross your legs? Does the pain keep you awake at night and make it impossible to get a good night’s sleep? When you arise in the morning, or when you get out of your car, are you stiff and do you find it initially difficult to move your legs? If you answered “yes” to any or all of the previous questions it is likely that you have imbalances and alignment problems in your lower extremities that, in addition to creating hip pain, can eventually produce degenerative joint disease in your hips if not treated.
Even though hip pain and related problems are usually signs of age-related degenerative conditions, especially osteoarthritis of the hip joint, osteoarthritis isn’t always the culprit. In fact, rather than being the original source of the problem, osteoarthritis of the hip joint can be the ultimate result of injury to your hips at a previous time.
Gait changes caused by biomechanical issues such as an ankle sprain or knee strain, can cause hip pain. Moreover, your gait may vary to compensate for new body demands such as a job change, an alteration in the way you sit, a new sport or activity, or if you start driving for long periods of time on a regular basis..
In addition, gait asymmetries can occur from carrying a baby or small child on your hip, leg length discrepancies, or foot pronation conditions. In other words, anything that produces an asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion can develop into painful hip problems.
As part of the chiropractic management of your hip problem, along with adjustments, your chiropractor may determine that you require orthotics. Your chiropractor will also offer applicable progressive rehabilitative exercises that include muscle stretching and strengthening.
Hip pain won’t diminish on its own. Hip pain is a sign that something needs to be corrected. Your chiropractor can help to get you out of pain, get back into balance, and get your life back!