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Leg Pain Doctor: Back To Mind Chiropractic
Suffering from Leg Pain? Finding relief close to home shouldn’t be a tough task. We offer amazing Leg Pain treatment in your area, using the latest techniques and personalized care. Call now or Schedule your appointment online and start living a pain-free life today.
Common Causes and Conditions of Leg Pain
- Osteoarthritis – Osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition that afflicts the cartilage inside your joints. Years of usage can wear out this layer of cushioning cartilage, especially in weight-bearing joints such as the hip and knee joints of the leg. The hallmark symptom is an ache that grows that every time you try to move the joint.
- Rheumatoid arthritis – Rheumatoid arthritis is a form of joint inflammation caused by the autoimmune system, which attacks healthy joint tissue as if that tissue were an invading disease. Rheumatoid arthritis tends to come and go, causing pain and swelling. Other symptoms include fatigue, fever, and loss of appetite.
- Achilles tendinitis – When your Achilles tendon becomes chronically strained and damaged, Achilles tendinitis is the result. You may feel pain, stiffness and swelling along any part of the tendon, either all the time or the day after exerting yourself.
- Knee bursitis – The bursae of the knee act as friction-reducing pads for the joint. But these pads can experience excessive friction of their own, leading to knee bursitis. It causes mild pain that intensifies when you try to kneel.
- Sciatica – Sciatica is a malfunction of the sciatic nerve, which runs through the leg from the base of the spine. The compression of this nerve tissue causes pain, numbness and tingling sensations, and loss of muscle function in the leg.
Treatment Options for Leg Pain
Our chiropractors can help tame your leg pain without cutting into a joint or making you take powerful painkillers. Our leg pain treatment options are safe, non-invasive and completely drug-free. We can make use of techniques such as:
- Chiropractic care – Chiropractic adjustments can straighten your spinal alignment, correcting improper weight distribution that causes strain and degeneration. It can also relieve compression on sciatic nerve tissue, freeing you from neurological leg pain.
- Hydrotherapy – Hydrotherapy is a special kind of physical therapy that makes use of water to buoy your body, taking the weight off of your leg so that you can exercise it without causing additional harm or pain. (Gentle exercises are known to help with
- Rehabilitation – When your leg has suffered an injury or another acute setback, a program of chiropractor-supervised rehabilitation can help you regain flexibility, strength, and stability. We may prescribe a variety of exercises to help you rebuild muscles, lengthen connective tissues, and reduce pain.
- Physiotherapy – Our chiropractor can use a variety of physiotherapy techniques to ease pain and support the healing process. If you have a stubborn leg injury that will take some time to treat, physiotherapy can prove immensely helpful.
Get the Leg Pain Treatment You Need at Back to Mind Chiropractic
Dr. Abramson can combine any or all of these healing modalities to create your own personalized leg pain treatment plan — so why would you need any other doctor for your symptoms? Call any of our South Florida offices at 954-986-4559 for an evaluation of that troublesome leg problem. Our conservative techniques can help you get back on your feet again the natural way.
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Leg Pain FAQs
Leg pain may be either acute or chronic in nature. Acute leg pain is generally associated with sudden injuries such as torn ligaments, strained muscles, fractures, and referred pain from problems such as herniated discs. Acute pain usually goes away once the acute injury has healed. By contrast, chronic leg pain lingers for months, or even indefinitely, due to some untreated or irreversible underlying condition.
Injuries to the leg tissues may occur due to either sudden, overwhelming strain or gradual but constant damage due to overuse. Repetitive motions such as running or dancing, for instance, may lead to inflammation of connective tissues or muscles. Joint pain from osteoarthritis, bursitis, or other ailments may radiate through the leg. Pinched lumbar nerve roots may send pain and other signals through the sciatic nerve, a problem known as sciatica. Sciatica can also be caused by direct injury to the sciatic nerve itself
You are more likely to become vulnerable to leg pain as you grow older, although it can trouble people at any age. Wear and tear on the joints can lead to arthritis pain, while degenerative disc disease can promote sciatica. A long-untreated musculoskeletal misalignment can place your leg muscles under stress for many years, eventually leading to a state of chronic strain.
The first step in treating leg pain is diagnosing its source. Our chiropractic team can evaluate your stance, gait, posture, age, and other potential factors, while also looking at your spinal alignment and weight-bearing joints for signs of deterioration or injury. Chiropractic adjustments to the hip or knee can help these areas function more normally, reducing the pain in your leg. Spinal adjustments can help straighten your physical alignment, equalizing the pressures on both legs.
Our chiropractors may recommend a variety of other safe, non-invasive techniques as part of your leg pain treatment plan. For instance, your leg pain doctor may administer spinal decompression therapy to relieve the nerve compression that causes sciatica. Physiotherapy can help you rehabilitate an injured leg or improve function in a leg suffering from chronic pain and stiffness. Hydrotherapy is a helpful means of treating and exercising a leg that can support your full weight.
The length of time it takes for you to start feeling results from your leg pain treatment depends on the type and severity of the problem. A soft tissue injury, for instance, may take many weeks to heal correctly. If you have an irreversible chronic condition, our goal is to minimize and manage your pain as effectively as possible without drugs or surgery. Even if your pain doesn’t completely disappear, regular treatment can help you enjoy a good quality of life once again.