Carrolltown Knee Pain Relief Tips Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation

Knees and knee pain. Boy, do we work our knees…or at least we should! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation hears about painful knees nearly as often as we hear about painful backs and necks! Carrolltown knee pain sufferers know the symptoms and wonder “What can I do about this knee pain?” Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation has some interesting new research on exercise, chiropractic care, and nutrition to keep knee pain under control.

EXERCISE PROTECTS THE KNEES

If you have Carrolltown knee pain, it may seem that moving the painful knee will only aggravate it more. Many doctors like yours at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation and researchers hear that! That is fear. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation understands! Physical activity is good for your knee’s overall health though. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will be right beside you to calm your fear and make sure movement is beneficial! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation also reminds you that a sedentary lifestyle may cause more issues and likely end in more joint health problems. A study that followed people for 8 years found that constant sitting was not related to knee osteoarthritis and low to moderate level of strenuous physical activity is protective against knee osteoarthritis. If you sit a lot, exercise, too. It is beneficial. The authors specifically state that long-term strenuous activity participation did not increase the incidence of knee osteoarthritis. That’s good news! They write cautiously that people who were older, have a higher BMI, more severe pain, weaker quadriceps and depression were less likely to do any strenuous activities. (1) If that is you, let’s get past these issues for your knees’ sake! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is a great Carrolltown health partner!

QUADRICEPS HELPS THE KNEES

And talk about good partners, quads are to knees! Knees need strong quadriceps. Exercising the quadriceps is wise! A study compared younger and older folks doing resistance exercises via machine vs. elastic band. Both succeed! Maximal voluntary contraction of the knee extensors in older folks is greater than that in younger people. Exercise may help the older folks develop that muscle so it can persist longer and potentially decrease the muscle loss that normally comes with aging. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation can guide you toward stronger quads!

COORDINATE KNEES AND LIMBS

Have you heard of patellofemoral pain syndrome? It is a name for a very common musculoskeletal disorder of atypical motor coordination of the limbs which stresses the knees unequally, raising their risk of pain. (3) Knowing this helps your Carrolltown chiropractor guide treatment and exercise to help coordinate motion. One approach toward improvement is resistance training whose effectiveness can particularly be noted in hopping. Researchers found that hopping requires strong ankles and knees that interact well. Resistance training increases strength and coordination benefiting knees and ankles. (4) Do not let the child in you start hopping just yet! Chat with your Carrolltown chiropractor first!

TREAT AND SUPPLEMENT

The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporates exercise, chiropractic treatment, and supplementation. Much the same can be done for knees! Exercise as discussed above, chiropractic treatment of the knee based on principles of Cox® Technic for the spine adapted by Dr. Luigi Albano, and supplementation with chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine sulfate help knee cartilage which is similar to disc cartilage. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will set up a chiropractic treatment plan for your knees no matter their age!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about pain relieving treatment of knee osteoarthritis founded on the principles of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Schedule you Carrolltown chiropractic appointment with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation today. Bring your painful knees to Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation to relieve their pain!