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Physiological Short Leg must be corrected for optimum cycling performance.
Physiological Short Leg Correction improves: joint mechanics, nerve function, muscle strength and symmetry, and your postural relationships to gravity.
Physiological short leg is frequently mistaken for anatomical short leg.
How Do You Identify Your Physiological Short Leg?
Physiological short leg may be identified when comparing evenness of your ankles both while in a supine (lying on your back) position, while in prone position (lying on your tummy), and through measurements of postural distortion. When you see your legs are uneven, or your posture is distorted, you have physiological short leg (unless you have had a rare bone deforming illness or developmental problem).
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Until Now, What Have Cyclists Done About Leg Length Inequality?
Cycling physiologists and bike fitters try to minimize physiological short leg’s effect upon cycling performance by shimming the short leg. These attempts to fit the bike to the uneven leg lengths are somewhat beneficial, but unless you have actual anatomical leg length differences, these equipment modifications do not address underlying causes for physiological short leg.
Physiological Short Leg Length Correction eliminates the need for equipment modifications by improving the symmetry of the rider. This procedure is accomplished through specialized procedures unknown to most healthcare practitioners, physiologists, bike fitters and athletes.
How Do You Correct Your Physiological Short Leg?
Correcting physiological short leg requires a thorough case history, examination, specialized biomechanical X-ray procedures and analysis, diagnosis, prognosis and care planning. Physiological short leg corrective procedures are both creative and scientific, and must remove all abnormal joint biomechanics (your joint alignments and the abnormal forces acting upon the joints), neurological asymmetries (abnormally elevated or diminished nerve stimulation to your muscles), muscular imbalances (long and short muscles) and postural distortions (tilting, shifting and twisting of the body framework) causing the condition. Physiological short leg corrective procedures must be verified by physical examinations and specialized biomechanical X-rays and X-ray analysis.
Initial follow-up is necessary to stabilize the corrected leg lengths. A reevaluation at the end of the initial follow-up is required to formulate long term maintenance care plans for preserving your leg length equality. Initial follow-up appointments may vary from simple checkups including quick consultations and limited corrective procedures, to more extensive corrective procedures, manual therapy, functional corrective exercise, gait training, neuromuscular acupuncture, and nutrition and lifestyle counseling. Maintenance checkups are usually brief and quarterly unless you are injured and require additional, more intensive care.
Your Advanced Cycling Performance, Pain, Injury Recovery, and Prevention Options
Advance your performance, pain relief, injury recovery, and prevention with three advanced programs. Groover Clinic's Holistic Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Performance and Wellness Program, Holistic Sports Injury Program, and Metabolic Performance and Wellness Program are advanced services which complement your physiological short leg correction, improve your body function, and give you the holistic health and wellness needed for your best performance. Participating in these programs is extremely beneficial for everyone, and especially the serious or competitive rider.
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Now that you understand how we work, click on “Our Program" for more details about Groover Clinic's diagnostic and treatment plans for cyclists.
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