Williamson Knee Pain Relief Tips Apple Country Chiropractic
Knees and knee pain. Boy, do we work our knees…or at least we should! Apple Country Chiropractic hears about painful knees almost as often as we hear about painful backs and necks! Williamson knee pain sufferers know the symptoms and feel the same: “I don’t want knee pain!” Apple Country Chiropractic has some interesting new research on exercise, chiropractic care, and nutrition to keep knee pain in check.
EXERCISE PROTECTS THE KNEES
If you have Williamson knee pain, it may seem that moving the painful knee will only aggravate it more. Many doctors like yours at Apple Country Chiropractic and researchers hear that! That’s fear. Apple Country Chiropractic gets it! Physical activity is good for your knee’s overall health though. Apple Country Chiropractic will be right beside you to calm your fear and ensure movement helps! Apple Country Chiropractic also reminds you that a sedentary lifestyle may cause more issues and lead to more joint health problems. A study that tracked people for 8 years revealed that persistent 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 report that long-term strenuous activity participation didn’t raise the incidence of knee osteoarthritis. That is good news! They report cautiously that people who were older, have a greater 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! Apple Country Chiropractic is a great Williamson 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 naturally comes with aging. (2) Apple Country Chiropractic 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 that finds atypical motor coordination of the limbs which stresses the knees unequally, raising their risk of pain. (3) Knowing this helps your Williamson chiropractor lead treatment and exercise to assist in coordinating motion. One way to improving motion is resistance training whose effectiveness can really be noticed in hopping. Researchers found that hopping demands strong ankles and knees that interact well. Resistance training increases strength and coordination resulting in gait and knee/ankle benefits. (4) Don’t let the child in you start hopping just yet! Talk with your Williamson chiropractor first!
TREAT AND SUPPLEMENT
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporates exercise, chiropractic treatment, and supplementation. Much the same can be applied to the care of knees! Exercise as defined 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 benefit knee cartilage which is similar to disc cartilage. Apple Country Chiropractic will establish a chiropractic treatment plan for your knees no matter their age!
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about pain relieving treatment of knee osteoarthritis based on the principles of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule you Williamson chiropractic appointment with Apple Country Chiropractic today. Bring your painful knees to Apple Country Chiropractic to relieve their pain!
