This visit is a 15 to 20 minute appointment. If you have hip problems and would like to meet with me to personally discuss your situation, I offer a free consultation visit. Nutritional enzyme therapy using the Loomis System can also help reduce inflammation when there is a nutritional component to hip pain and inflammation. The Activator Method is an appropriate treatment for many patients with hip pain including stiffness and soreness who have not found relief from other treatments (including chiropractic). Most people, including children and seniors, experience immediate improvement with Activator treatment. Used in traditional chiropractic methods. No cracking, popping or twisting of the pelvis The Activator instrument uses a controlled, fast thrust which is comfortable for patients.

It has been used safely since the 1960s on patients of all ages to help with a wide range of health problems. It is a unique low force approach to chiropractic care which uses a hand held instrument called an Activator to deliver treatment to the body's framework. The Activator Method is an innovative technique used to help with hip pain when structural imbalance is found in the pelvis and lower extremities. Foot orthotics can be helpful in some cases to keep the feet from rolling inwards, or pronating, which can place a chronic pulling strain further up the leg in the hip joint itself. The most effective treatments I have found during my 35+ years as a chiropractor include a specialized form of traction for the hip joint which can be especially effective when combined with exercise, massage and Activator Method treatment. Relief without drugs, cortisone shots or surgery I experience hip pain myself on a regular basis and it has led to a personal and professional interest in helping people who suffer with hip pain get It can make you chronically tired from poor sleep and depressed from the limits imposed on your activities. It can influence which car you buy and what bed you sleep on. It can stop you in your tracks when it is a sharp pain. At times the pain is aching and at times it is sharp and stabbing. Pain in the hip can also radiate down the side of the leg towards the knee. Sometimes there is pain in all three areas. True hip joint pain will hurt at the side of the pelvis where the leg attaches, or in the groin area, or even in the buttocks.

Hip pain can be difficul t to diagnose properly because pain from several other nearby structures can mimic hip pain.

Chiropractor using activator method