Leg Pain Treatment in Burbank

Leg pain is one of the most common health problems impacting the lives of adults of all ages. Even temporary leg pain caused by overexertion can prevent you from completing daily activities or getting a good night's sleep. When the pain doesn't go away, worsens, and impairs your ability to walk, it's time to make an appointment at Allied Pain & Wellness for chiropractic treatment for leg pain in Burbank.

Allied Pain & Wellness applies evidence-based holistic and chiropractic techniques to alleviate leg pain. Our range of leg pain treatments includes but is not limited to spinal adjustments, Graston/IASTM, Kinesio taping, massage therapy, and sports injury rehabilitation.

What is Leg Pain?

Types of leg pain range from: 

• Localized aches
• Whole-leg aches
• Shooting/stabbing pains originating from the hip or lower back
• Pain combined with tingling or numbness
• Joint-focused pain

Leg pain may come and go, develop gradually or suddenly, or remain constant whether you are sitting, standing or lying down. By listening to your description of your leg pain and medical history, our chiropractor can determine a potential cause of your pain. Diagnostic imaging scans may be ordered when symptoms are unusual or complex in nature.

Causes of Leg Pain

Leg pain is classified as either neurological pain, vascular pain, or musculoskeletal pain. Leading causes of leg pain include:

• Hamstring strain
• Deep vein thrombosis
• Sciatica
• Shin splints
• Stress fractures
• Compartment syndrome
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
• Varicose veins

Musculoskeletal Pain

Pain arising from injury to ligaments, tendons, or muscles is considered musculoskeletal pain. Tendons and ligaments are connective tissues that are attached to bone. Ligaments provide support for joints by connecting multiple joint bones. Tendons attach muscles to bones.

Back-related leg pain can be a type of musculoskeletal pain emerging from lower back problems. Spinal adjustments (chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy, or SMT) are the most frequently utilized treatment for leg pain due to lumbar disorders.

Vascular Pain

Vascular leg pain is attributed to diseases and disorders of the deep veins and/or the superficial veins extending up and down the legs. Deep veins are embedded in muscles and paired with one artery. Superficial veins lie closer to the surface of the skin and are not connected to an artery.

Examples of conditions causing vascular leg pain include:

• Varicose veins
• Varicose eczema
• Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
• Peripheral artery disease (PAD)
• Infections

Neurological Leg Pain

Nerve compression or nerve damage impacting the legs is neurological leg pain. In addition to sciatica, other conditions include:

• Peripheral neuropathy
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Peroneal neuropathy (knee pain)
• Tarsal tunnel syndrome

When spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal) is severe enough to compress the spinal cord, leg pain may occur that is accompanied by numbness and tingling. It is caused by spinal stenosis called neurogenic claudication.

How Chiropractors Treat Leg Pain

The first-line treatment for leg pain is a spinal adjustment. By realigning vertebrae so that nerves are no longer compressed and irritated, spinal adjustments provide holistic, rapid pain relief for both leg and back pain.

We are one of the few chiropractic clinics providing this treatment in Burbank using Air Relax's Compression System. Scientifically proven to expedite recovery from sports injuries, Air Relax integrates digital controls with an air pressure system that acts as a therapeutic compression device. Other conditions treated with Air Relax include peripheral/circulatory vascular conditions, venous insufficiency, and lymphedema.

Treatment for Leg Pain by Allied Pain & Wellness

Effective, drug-free chiropractic leg pain treatment in Burbank is just an appointment away at Allied Pain & Wellness. Call (818)-688-2275 to schedule a consultation with Dr. Simian about your leg pain condition and a personalized treatment plan addressing your unique needs. We accept most insurance plans.