The Springfield Wellness Center

𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. We want to strengthen the muscles that stabilize our spine. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏…🥁

…𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕! 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. These muscles don’t need to be stronger, they need to be looser.

𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐚 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫. 💪

𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔. 🌌 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 - 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.👨‍💻

This is leading to rise in 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐤, or 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.

The spine is structured a particular way. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬. 😵

𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 💪

𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

🦸🏼‍♂️ 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝑻𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒆! 🦸‍♀️

𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚. It’s a quick hip pain chiropractic treatment that can decrease inflammation not only in the hip joint itself, but also in the bursa - the fluid filled sacs that provide cushion and support to the joint.

In conduction with chiropractic, soft tissue work, and hip exercises, laser will have people back on their feet in no time. 🤸‍♀️

😎 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕!😎

𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🤸‍♀️

Dr. Pat is performing two hip chiropractic adjustments on Dana today.

One for the sacroiliac joint (SI Joint) where the sacrum meets this pelvis, critical for weight bearing and movement.

The other for the hip joint itself, where the femur meets the pelvis.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐮𝐩 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧.

👀 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌! 👀

𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 🕵🏼‍♂️

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.

𝟏. 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬
From overuse and general wear and tear, degenerative arthritis causes the joint spaces to shrink affecting mobility and triggering pain. 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 💪

𝟐. 𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬
This condition is systemic to the whole body and decreases function and quality of life.

𝟑. 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬
Bursa are the fluid filled sacs that provide cushioning and support for hip. When those sacs become inflamed they can cause a great deal of pain. 𝙒𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛. 🤸‍♀️

𝟒. 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧
There are a lot of muscles that make the hip work - hip flexors, piriformis, gluteals…𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚, 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣. 💆‍♂️

𝟓. 𝐈𝐓 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞
The IT band is the longest tendon in the body, stretching from the hip to the outside of the knee. A tight IT band can cause hip pain, thigh pain, even knee pain. Hip stretches and massage will help loosen the tendon and improve mobility of the hip joint.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕. 𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑. 👍

Today we’re pulling back the curtain on the hip pain diagnosis process. 🎩🐰

A behind the scenes look at how we improve the lives of our Springfield friends and neighbors. 😉

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕
Looking for hip flexor tension, a common issue for people who spend a lot of time sitting 👨‍💻

𝑭𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕
Puts stress on the joint itself to assess arthritis in the hip

𝑶𝒃𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕
Identifies tension in the IT band

The hip joint may only be made up of two bones, but there are a lot of muscles that help make that joint work. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧.

👀 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒓. 𝑷𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔.👀

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐲𝐦, 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Dr. Pat’s hip pain stretches hit these three muscles:

🦵𝑷𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒔 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒆
🦵𝑯𝒊𝒑 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒐𝒓
🦵𝑰𝑻 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒅

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 🧠, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝑼𝑯!!!

𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦. 🦸🏼‍♂️ 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲. 💪

𝙋𝙡𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚:

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𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧’𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙨.

𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉. 𝑬𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 🧠.

Unfortunately, this is exactly what happens when we suffer a concussion. This mild traumatic brain injury results in brain fog, headaches, nausea, and vomiting. 😵‍💫 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸.

𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲. 𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲. 🤸‍♀️

Timing is everything when it comes to cervical decompression. If it’s done too early in the concussion treatment process it can do more harm than good. We work closely with each patient so that their concussion rehab is happens on their timeline and is as comfortable and effective as possible. 💪

Whether it’s from a car accident 🚨 sports injury 🤼‍♂️ or going a bit too hard on the dance floor 💃 concussions can seriously derail a person’s quality of life.

When the 🧠 hits the inside of the skull it can cause bruising, bleeding, and inflammation. 🙅‍♂️ Three things we don’t want happening to our brain. 🙅‍♂️ 𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭. 𝐖𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞.

Concussions can be traumatic. In fact, they are mild 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. The goal of our concussion treatment will be to support a healthy spinal structure to allow the 🧠 and nervous system the opportunity to heal. 💪