Knee Pain Treatment with Chiropractic

Knee pain is a frequent issue for people in our Gadsden chiropractic clinic, and Gadsden Family Chiropractic has successfully provided many of these people relief. This is mostly because chiropractic therapy has been found to help with many types of knee pain.

For instance, some individuals encounter problems in and around the knee tissues due to degenerative arthritis. Research has demonstrated that this ailment responds very well to chiropractic and rather quickly, too. In fact, one paper published in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association found that men and women with osteoarthritis in their knees felt considerable pain relief and enhanced function after just two weeks of chiropractic care.

If your knee pain is due to a medial meniscus tear, chiropractic adjustments could likely help with that as well. One study reported that combining chiropractic adjustments with soft tissue therapy, rest, ice, and compression on the affected knee helped lower the intensity of the problems.

Of course, sometimes a knee replacement surgery is necessary in order to correct the issue, and if that's the case, your chiropractor can also help improve the outcome. How?

Research Proves Chiropractic Therapy Helps With Knee Problems

Research has found that patients with low back pain frequently have less positive results after knee surgery. So, dealing with your back pain through chiropractic prior to having a total knee arthroplasty can help with your post-surgery recovery.

No matter what your knee issue, Gadsden Family Chiropractic can likely help. Call our Gadsden clinic today and find out what we can do for you!

Resources

• Pollard H et al. (2008, December). The effect of a manual therapy knee protocol on osteoarthritic knee pain: a randomised controlled trial. The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;52(4):229-42
  Boyle J et al. (2014, March). Influence of low back pain on total knee arthroplasty outcome. Knee;21(2):410-4
• Jarosz B & Ames R. (2010, December). Chiropractic management of a medial meniscus tear in a patient with tibiofemoral degeneration: a case report. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine;9(4):200-8