Chiropractic Helps with Knee Pain

Knee pain is a common problem for people in our Saint Paul chiropractic practice, and Dr. Slater has happily provided many of these folks relief. This is largely because chiropractic care has been found to help with many types of knee pain.

For instance, some people experience problems in and around the knee area due to degenerative arthritis. Research has demonstrated 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 individuals with osteoarthritis in their knees felt considerable pain relief and enhanced function after just two weeks of chiropractic care.

If your knee pain is caused by a medial meniscus tear, chiropractic care could likely help with that as well. One study found that combining chiropractic therapy 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 required in order to rectify the issue, and if that's the case, your chiropractor can also help improve the outcome. How?

Research Shows Chiropractic Adjustments Helps With Knee Problems

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

No matter what your knee issue, Dr. Slater can likely help. Call our Saint Paul practice today and find out what we can do for you!

Studies

• 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