Chiropractic Helps with Knee Pain

Chiropractic Spinal Adjustments Found Effective for Treating Knee Discomfort in Alexandria

Knee pain is a common issue for patients in our Alexandria chiropractic office, and Dr. Wagner has successfully provided many of these people relief. This is largely because chiropractic care has been found to help with many kinds of knee pain.

For instance, some patients encounter pain in and around the knee area due to osteoarthritis. Research has shown that this condition 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 improved function after just two weeks of chiropractic care.

If your knee pain is because of a medial meniscus sprain, chiropractic therapy could likely help with that as well. One study showed that integrating chiropractic care 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 required in order to correct the problem, and if that's the case, your chiropractor can also help improve the outcome. How?

Research Supports Chiropractic Adjustments Helps With Knee Injuries

Research has found that patients with low back pain frequently have less positive results after knee surgery. Thus, dealing with your back pain through chiropractic before having a total knee arthroplasty can assist with your post-surgery healing.

No matter what your knee issue, Dr. Wagner can likely help. Call our Alexandria office today and find out what we can do for you!

Sources

• 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