The "Short Leg" and Low Back Pain

The Short Leg and Low Back Pain

"A short leg, or leg length inequality, can and often does cause an imbalance in the lower back. A leg length deficiency most often is a contributing factor in the causation of lower back pain.

With leg length inequality there will usually be pelvic tilting. The side of the lower pelvis will correspond to the short leg side. With a pelvic tilt the sacrum will tilt as well. Now there is no longer a level base for the spine to rest on. Therefore, the lumbar spine will usually curve toward the short side. This will create what is commonly known as a right scoliosis or right curvature of the lumbar spine.

Your eyes are always trying to remain level with the ground.
If the lumbar spine would not be able to curve when there is pelvic and/or spinal tilting then your eyes would not be level with the ground when attempting to stand erect.

If your lumbar spine did not have the ability to adapt to this imbalance then you would be standing and walking with an obvious lean to the short side.You would look like the leaning Tower of Pisa.

This curvature is possible only because nature developed your spine as a movable set of blocks known as your vertebrae, or spinal column, to allow for dynamic motion. If your spine was rigid and immobile, consisting of one long bone, then you would not be able to bend, twist or turn. You would be like a "stick man".

What Happens With Leg Length Inequality?

Is There Hope?

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