chiropractic Santa Barbara offers exceptionally beneficial treatment if you are suffering from hip pain. Do you experience pain in one or both hips whenever you twist them or when you cross your legs? Does the pain wake you up in the night and make it difficult 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 hard, at first, to move your legs? If any of these symptoms sound familiar, then it is likely that you have imbalances and alignment problems in the lower part of your body that, in addition to causing hip pain, can over time bring about degenerative hip joint disease if not treated.
Even though hip pain and related problems regularly point to age-related degenerative conditions, particularly 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 end result of injury to your hips at a previous time.
Gait changes caused by biomechanical problems such as an ankle sprain or knee strain, can produce hip pain. Also, if you change jobs, alter the way you sit, take on a new sport or activity, or start driving for long periods of a regular basis, your gait may alter to compensate for these new changes.
In addition, gait imbalances can be caused by leg length dissimilarities, foot pronation conditions, even carrying a baby or small child on your hip. The point is, anything that produces an asymmetry or imbalance when you are moving can bring about painful hip problems.
Along with your adjustments, as part of the chiropractic management of your hip problem your chiropractor may prescribe 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 to be remedied. Your chiropractor can help to get you out of pain, get back into balance, and get your life back!
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