Hip / Leg Pain

If you have hip or leg pain, your chiropractor in Olathe, KS can help.
The hip joint is a very strong and stable joint, and majority of the time the glute medius and piriformis muscle are the main culprits of your pain.

Common Causes of Hip and Leg Pain

• Osteoarthritis: A degenerative joint disease that causes the cartilage in the hip joint to break down, leading to pain, stiffness, and reduced range of motion.
• Bursitis: Inflammation of the bursae (fluid-filled sacs) around the hip joint can cause pain, particularly when moving the hip or applying pressure.
• Hip Labral Tear: A tear in the ring of cartilage (labrum) that follows the outside rim of the hip joint socket can lead to pain and instability in the hip.
• Tendinitis: Inflammation of the tendons around the hip joint, often due to overuse or repetitive stress, can cause pain, particularly during activities involving the hip.
• Lumbar nerve compression: This is when the nerves in your low back become compressed and those nerves travel into your hips and legs.

Symptoms of Hip and Leg Pain

• Pain: 
  Pain in the hip joint, groin, buttocks, thigh, or outer hip. It can be a persistent ache or aching or shooting pain. Pain can also be felt when putting weight on the affected leg, or when moving, exercising, or doing activities. 
• Stiffness: Hip stiffness can make it difficult to move the hip or rotate the leg, especially in the morning or after resting. 
• Other symptoms include: Limping, reduced range of motion, swelling or redness around the hip joint, tenderness or pain in the hip joint when pushed on, a grating sensation in the joints, weakness in the hip or buttock muscles, trouble sleeping on the hip, snapping, clicking, crunching, or cracking sounds when moving the hip (crepitus) 

Treatment and at Home Remedies

• Heat or ice: Apply ice to your hip or leg for the first 48–72 hours to reduce inflammation, then switch to heat. You can use an ice pack or ice wrapped in a towel, or apply heat with a heating pad, warm compress, or warm shower. 
• Exercises: Once the worst of the pain has passed, you can try gentle exercises and stretches.
• Chiropractic Adjustment: this will increase hip and leg range of motion and decrease inflammation
• Decompression Therapy: this will improve nerve compression and joint health of your low back causing the nerve pain into your hip or leg.
• Hydromassage: 10 minutes will improve your muscle soreness to decrease the inflammation compressing the nerve pain into your hip or leg.
• Our Desensitize program, which you can read here an start today at home.