Left leg. Right leg. Sciatic leg
pain will affect either leg
(and sometimes both). Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic care at Spinal Care Clinic
helps ease leg pain and addresses
the spinal source of the sciatica at the same time. Spinal Care Clinic leads
Burlington and Hamilton leg pain and back pain patients to pain relief with chiropractic care.
SCIATIC LEG PAIN: Right Leg or Left Leg
You’ve heard of right-handed people and left-handed
people, right? Yes! Did you know that the right
leg grows longer in left-handed people and the left leg grows longer in
right-handed people? Not all the time, but
research has it documented in pretty high percentages.
Bearing this in mind, it’s not surprising that more
people have longer left legs (53%) than right
legs (39%). Amazingly, only 8% of people have equal
leg lengths. (1) What role does that play in
which leg will have sciatica? Discs will
bulge into the concavity of the curve owing to a variety
of issues like uneven stresses on the anulus of the disc. The
concavity of the spinal curve is on the long leg side. A right-handed person
with a long left leg will likely experience leg pain
on the left side. Another interesting point: hip pain often occurs
on the long leg side, too: 88.9% long leg and 11.1% short leg.
Sciatica, too: 78.5% arises on the long
leg side versus 21.5% on the short leg side. (2,3) Your
Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor can see a short leg pretty
easily by examining three things: iliac
crest, the verticality of the spine, and levelness of the posterosuperior iliac
spine dimples. Researchers wrote that there is a strong
relationship between visual and xray measurements. (4) Trust your Burlington and Hamilton
chiropractor to find a short leg…and take care of any related
disc herniation sources of pain!
DISC HERNIATION RE-ABSORPTION WITH NON-SURGICAL CARE
A new study studied 75 cases of ruptured
lumbar disc herniation. 46 of the 75 cases had
radiating leg pain: 46 cases on the left and 29 on
the right. (Makes sense now, yes?)
At 5 years follow-up after non-surgical treatment, a
“reabsorption” phenomenon was noted. The excellent and good rate of disc reabsorption
was 73.24%. (5) Spinal Care Clinic provides pain easing
non-surgical care of Burlington and Hamilton leg pain and back pain.
RELIEF FOR Burlington and Hamilton LEG PAIN and BACK PAIN
And then remember the new paper regarding
the benefits of chiropractic maintenance care: Maintenance care reduces
the number of painful days for acute back pain
episodes and increases the length of pain-free times
between back pain
episodes in patients with recurrent and persistent back pain. (6) Spinal Care Clinic
is ready for those back pain and leg pain patients looking
for fewer back and leg pain days and those who would like to live life with longer periods without leg and back pain.
CONTACT Spinal Care Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Cameron McConville on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how
the Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management relieves
sciatic leg pain radiculopathy as well as related back pain
issues.
Schedule your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic appointment at
Spinal Care Clinic today to find relief from Burlington and Hamilton
leg pain and sciatica regardless of which leg is hurting!