Tag: hip pain

How does a chiropractor help hip pain?

How does a chiropractor help hip pain? Hip pain can be frustrating especially when the hip pain interrupts your sleep. Many runners develop hip pain as well which can increase with activity. Is it tendonitis, bursitis, a strain, or something else? It is interesting to hear what other people think when you mention hip pain.   Often they will ask if you had an MRI, seen an orthopedic surgeon, go to therapy, or get an injection.   You will very quickly learn that most people have a very poor understanding of why things hurt and have an even poorer understanding of who Read More »

Why most hip, knee and lower back pain must be evaluated and treated as one condition.

Why most hip, knee, and lower back pain must be evaluated and treated as one condition. She said during her initial evaluation that her lower back is tight and achy and her neck is always tight.  Chiropractors had helped her for years but hers retired at the beginning of the pandemic.  Upon further questioning about her knees and hips, she said walking down the stairs was a problem and soft surfaces felt better when walking on her knees which continue to become more painful over the years. When I evaluated her, she was having marked difficulty with balance, had problems Read More »

Getting rid of IT band syndrome; helpful tips from Runners World Magazine.

Getting rid of IT band syndrome; helpful tips from Runners World Magazine. Many runners experience lateral leg pain in the hips and knees also known as IT band syndrome.  The IT or Iliotibial band is a dense tissue that runs along the lateral side of the leg from the hip to the lateral knee. Years ago, it was not uncommon for therapists to aggressively treat this tissue which was very painful and would bruise.  The problem was that the IT band would continue to retighten either from the treatment further scarring the area or because the mechanism behind it was Read More »

Groin pain when walking or running; whom should you visit first?

Groin pain when walking or running; whom should you visit first? A number of years ago, I was working with a team of healthcare providers at a track and field event at Fairleigh Dickenson University.  One of my colleagues had placed an icepack on an athlete’s groin. The doctor said that during the race, the athlete experienced sharp left groin pain into the inner thigh, Based on the history, the other doctor had him rest on the table. I asked the athlete a few questions and performed a brief evaluation when I asked my colleague what had happened to this Read More »

Back pain relieved by hip replacement; another reason to see a chiropractor first for back pain relief.

Back pain relieved by hip replacement; another reason to see a chiropractor first for back pain relief. Back pain sufferers have been given many explanations over the years for why they hurt.  Many of those explanations were based on evaluations of their back and maybe an MRI. Physical therapists and chiropractors would follow a treatment pathway chart that told them what to do if a patient did not improve over a certain period of time with their method of care. When a patient did not improve, they would order an MRI  to further diagnose the problem which opens up pathways Read More »