Chiropractic Treatment of Knee Pain

Knee pain is a common problem for patients in our Cary chiropractic office, and Swiss Spine Clinic has successfully provided many of these people relief. This is mostly because chiropractic care has been found to help with many kinds of knee pain.

For instance, some patients encounter issues 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 article 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 caused by a medial meniscus tear, chiropractic adjustments could likely help with that as well. One case reported that integrating chiropractic care with soft tissue treatment, rest, ice, and compression on the affected knee helped lower the intensity of the discomfort.

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

Research Proves Chiropractic Care Helps With Knee Injuries

Research has shown that patients with low back pain often have less positive outcomes after knee surgery. So, dealing with your back pain through chiropractic before having a total knee arthroplasty can help with your post-surgery healing.

No matter what your knee issue, Swiss Spine Clinic can likely help. Call our Cary clinic 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