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I had my first chiropractor visit today.

The history goes like this: a month or so ago I tweaked my lower back and was in some good pain for a week or two. I scheduled a visit with the chiropractor, but they couldn’t fit me in (as a new patient) until today. In the mean time, the pain has gone away. I figured I’d keep the appointment anyway since it would probably be good to establish a baseline for when I feel good so that I know what’s wrong when I feel bad.

The chiropractor was extremely nice, and worked me through several motions to determine my range of motion and such. A few times he noticed some aberrations, but for the most part I was looking pretty good. At one point, he had me lay on my back on a massage table, and as I lay there, he immediately noticed my right leg was shorter than my left leg. Hmmmm.. That’s cute.

He had me pull each leg up to my chest, and as I did, he showed me how my right ankle came in during the motion while my left stayed in line with my knee. Apparently my right femur is rotated slightly outward at the hip which causes my right leg muscles to be tight, and the leg to appear shorter. We didn’t measure bone length, so I don’t know if this is a permanent situation - but the doc seemed to be confident we can adjust it and I’ll be back to my normal, less lopsided self in no time.

He even thought I’d see an improvement in my hoops game. So watch out. All of you who thought I couldn’t play ball just cause I’m short and white — it’s actually because my right leg is shorter than my left. Now you’re all in trouble

~J

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