Leg pain is the sudden throbbing sensations that last around or cause discomfort in your legs. Chronic leg pain could happen to result in injuries, trauma, and accidents while acute pain could be due to doing strenuous physical exercises. Mild leg pain heals naturally with rest but more serious conditions could require current medical treatment paired with some natural remedies to make the healing process fast.

Typically, making significant changes in lifestyle like going on workouts, doing stretching, and having a healthy diet will help you manage the pain and deal with the problem at its root.

Common Causes of Leg Pain

Most experts agree that the cause of leg pain comes from damage or inflammation of the musculoskeletal, neurological, and physiological structure. The treatment will depend on the cause of the condition and the best method to identify that is by getting a medical assessment for an accurate diagnosis. Lifestyle and dietary modification have a significant role in treating your leg pain, thus accelerating the process and increasing your chances of immediate healing.

Treatment for Leg Pain

Because of the complexity of our joints and the several possible causes of your leg discomfort, it is essential to have a professional assessment to determine the source. Utilizing a combination of a comprehensive review of your medical records, a physical check, and advanced imaging methods, a physical therapist can get a clearer picture that will identify the cause of your leg pain.

Your physical therapist may ask you to do stretching exercises to help relieve tension from the leg muscles. This improves blood circulation in the process, too. Some of the recommended exercises are knee to opposite shoulder stretches, sitting spinal stretch, the sitting pigeon pose, and the standing hamstring stretch. Stretching exercises that focus on relaxing your glutes, hamstring, and loosening up the spine will make a difference. You can also lift your leg above the level of your heart to reduce the inflammation. This helps in draining the toxins that get stuck and cause the swelling.

Using natural and safely applied treatment, our therapists assist the body in gently realigning the vertebrae, which can give both immediate and long-term relief. If you are suffering from leg pain, don’t just sit until it becomes complicated, book a leg pain therapy session with our team in Century City. We are also open in El Segundo.