Redondo Beach Chiropractor Helps Locals Find Hip Pain Relief

By Darcy Gautreau


Hip pain can be a difficult problem to deal with and can make it impossible to walk without a great deal of discomfort. Pain in your hip may be caused by a number of factors. Your Redondo Beach chiropractic doctor is there to help you with proven and effective methods for natural pain relief.

Hip problems can create a variety of symptoms. For example, you might experience a great deal of groin pain or it could hurt on the outside area of your hip. You could hurt in your thighs, buttocks, and inside the hip joint. In fact, some types of hip discomfort are a result of problems elsewhere in the body. This is known as "referred" pain.

Your spine contains a vast nerve network which passes along the bones (vertebrae). These nerves constantly send messages back and forth from the brain to the body. Trouble in the low back or sacroiliac can impinge nerves which serve the hips. This can cause one of your hips to throb with pain, and pain may also be felt down the legs.

Your chiropractor knows that hip problems have many sources. This is why you are asked to fill out a health questionnaire on your first office visit. In addition, you receive a complete exam to determine the exact source of your pain. This may include x-rays and several other testing procedures.

When a painful hip is caused by the low back, several types of therapy may help. For example, heat, ice, or massage, relaxes muscles and can relieve back strain. Chiropractic adjustment therapy restores your spine to natural alignment, allowing nerves to heal and pain to go away.

You may have more options than you think for dealing with hip problems in Redondo Beach. Many patients do well with the help of cold laser therapy. It is a non invasive method designed to bring pain relief by targeting acupuncture points in the body. Hip replacement surgery is considered as a final option when all else fails.




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