San Diego Chiropractor: If You Suffer From Hip Pain, Chiropractic Management Can Help
Does hip pain wake you up in the night and make it difficult to get a good night’s rest? When you get out of bed in the morning, or when you get out of your car, are you stiff and do you find it initially hard to move your legs? Do you experience pain in one or both hips whenever you twist or rotate them or when you cross your legs? If so, you may have imbalances and alignment problems in the lower part of your body that, in addition to causing hip pain, can over time produce degenerative joint disease in your hips if not taken care of.
Though hip pain and related problems can generally be traced to age-related degenerative conditions, particularly osteoarthritis of the hip joint, osteoarthritis isn’t always the “bad guy”. In fact, instead of creating the original problem, osteoarthritis of the hip joint can be the ultimate result of damage to your hips at a previous time.
Gait changes caused by biomechanical injury such as an ankle sprain or knee strain, can produce hip pain. Moreover, your gait may shift to compensate for new activities 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 imbalances can occur from leg length discrepancies, foot pronation problems, even carrying a baby or small child on your hip. Strictly speaking, anything that produces an asymmetry or imbalance when you are moving can cause 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 suitable progressive rehabilitative exercises that include muscle stretching and strengthening.
Hip pain won’t disappear on its own. Hip pain is an indication that something needs correcting. Get out of pain, get back in balance, and get your life back now!
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