LEG PAIN
Leg pain is a common affliction in the chiropractic clinic. There are a host of causes. One of them is Intermittent Claudication. This nasty condition relates to a muscle starved of oxygen, usually in the calf or thigh. In this sense it is closely related to its first cousin, angina pectoris, which is a heart muscle starved of oxygen. Chest pain when you exercise.
Chest pain ...
Patients typically describe the pain as an ache, cramp, numbness or a sense of fatigue. As in much of medicine the word is derived from Latin: claudicare "to limp." Your chiropractor will look for decreased pulses in the ankle and foot, and for other signs like loss of hair and shiny skin in the lower leg. The cause? You guessed it, usually smoking, particularly if it is accompanied by a poor diet, high in unhealthy fats. This fatal combination causes a blockage in the artery that runs to the leg.
Treatment of INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION
Male smokers over 50 are the most common victims. Its because of conditions like this that smokers typically lose the last ten years of their lives. Just about the time they retire! Hint, hint! For some reason, with women it's even worse. Smoking women hearts stop fifteen years sooner. Enjoy this short story from chiropractor Bernard Preston about a blocked artery in the groin causing pain in the leg. Sciatica causes a particularly mean leg pain, a condition that chiropractors face on a daily basis. It can cause tingling legs, pain and weakness. It may be caused by many different conditions. Here are a few of the more common causes of pain and tingling in feet and legs.
LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSISSometimes the spinal canal and the apertures where the nerves emerge become so narrowed that the spinal cord and spinal nerves becomes seriously threatened. It is mostly caused by arthritis in the spine, but there are other causes. The result is leg pain and sometimes weakness and numbness in the legs.Lumbar stenosis is a condition faced on a daily basis at the Chiropractic Coalface. Ususally, but not always, patients respond reasonably well to Chiropractic care. Certainly Chiropractic should be considered before surgery.
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