Hip Pain Relief in Round Rock
Find Your Balance: Expert Hip Pain Solutions
Your hips are the foundation of your entire body’s movement, and when they’re not functioning properly, everything else suffers. Hip pain often creates a domino effect – causing knee problems, foot issues, and even affecting women during childbirth by creating mechanical compression in the pelvic cavity. Dr. Harris has seen remarkable transformations, including patients giving birth right after hip adjustments because proper alignment opened up the necessary space through the pelvic outlet.
One of the most common yet overlooked causes of hip pain is leg length inequality. Even small differences – measured to the millimeter through precise X-ray analysis – can create significant problems over time.
Precision Diagnosis Makes All the Difference
As one of the few chiropractic care practitioners utilizing the Gonstead method in Round Rock, Dr. Harris uses advanced X-ray analysis to measure hip rotation and leg length discrepancies with remarkable precision. This isn’t guesswork – we can measure exactly how much rotation exists in your hips and track your progress before and after each adjustment. When we identify a short leg, we may recommend a custom lift for your shoe, much like putting piers under a house foundation that has shifted.
Many patients who have received adjustments repeatedly without lasting relief finally find success once we address their underlying leg length inequality. The lift provides the stability your hips need to hold their proper alignment.
Beyond Structural Issues
Hip problems aren’t always structural – they can also result from improper exercise habits. Many people unknowingly create hip flexor problems through excessive sit-ups, crunches, and leg lifts. These exercises can cause your hip flexors to shorten and go into contracture, pulling on the discs and vertebrae in your lower back and creating rotation that leads to pain.
Dr. Harris recommends core strengthening exercises that lengthen muscles rather than shorten them, such as planks, which build a strong core while maintaining proper muscle balance and hip alignment.
Comprehensive Treatment Approach
Our hip treatment combines precise Gonstead adjustments with targeted therapies. When appropriate, we incorporate shockwave therapy to reduce inflammation and accelerate healing in stubborn hip conditions. We’ve successfully helped patients avoid hip replacement surgery and, when replacement becomes necessary, we’ve prepared patients so well that they bounce back within a week rather than months.
The key is addressing not just the hip itself, but understanding how your entire kinetic chain – from your feet to your lower back – affects hip function and pain patterns.
Success Stories That Restore Hope
Dr. Harris has helped hundreds of patients with rotated hips find relief and avoid major surgery. Many patients come in with severely degenerated hip joints expecting to need replacement, only to regain function and pain-free movement through conservative care. Even his own family has experienced these benefits – his son was born the very day his wife received a hip adjustment that opened up the necessary pelvic space.
Begin Your Recovery Journey
Hip pain doesn’t have to limit your life or lead to surgery. Schedule your comprehensive evaluation with Dr. Harris to discover how precise Gonstead analysis and treatment can restore your hip function and overall quality of life.
