Chiropractic Helps with Knee Pain

Knee pain is a frequent problem for patients in our Parkland chiropractic practice, and Dr. Scharf has successfully provided many of these people relief. This is mostly because chiropractic care has been found to help with many types of knee pain.

For instance, some individuals feel problems in and around the knee area due to degenerative arthritis. Research has confirmed that this ailment responds very well to chiropractic and rather quickly, too. In fact, one study published in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association found that people with osteoarthritis in their knees felt significant pain relief and improved function after just two weeks of chiropractic care.

If your knee pain is because of a medial meniscus sprain, chiropractic care could likely help with that as well. One article showed that integrating chiropractic treatment with soft tissue treatment, rest, ice, and compression on the affected knee helped lower the intensity of the problems.

Clearly, sometimes a knee replacement surgery is necessary in order to rectify the problem, and if that's the case, chiropractic care can also help improve the outcome. How?

Research Supports Chiropractic Adjustments Helps With Knee Pain

Research has shown that people with low back pain frequently have less positive outcomes after knee surgery. Therefore, 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. Scharf can likely help. Call our Parkland clinic today and find out what we can do for you!

References

• 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