Elgin Knee Pain Relief Tips Connected Chiropractic
Knees and knee pain. Boy, do we work our knees…or at least we should! Connected Chiropractic hears about painful knees almost as much as we hear about painful backs and necks! Elgin knee pain sufferers know the symptoms and feel the same: “I don’t want knee pain!” Connected Chiropractic has some enlightening new research on exercise, chiropractic care, and nutrition to keep knee pain under control.
EXERCISE PROTECTS THE KNEES
If you suffer with Elgin knee pain, moving may seem like it will only aggravate it more. Many doctors like yours at Connected Chiropractic and researchers hear that! That is fear. Connected Chiropractic gets it! Physical activity is good for your knee’s overall health though. Connected Chiropractic will be right beside you to calm your fear and be sure movement is beneficial! Connected Chiropractic also will tell you again that a sedentary lifestyle may cause more issues and lead to more joint health troubles. A study that tracked people for 8 years revealed that constant sitting was not related to knee osteoarthritis while low to moderate level of energetic physical activity is protective against knee osteoarthritis. If you sit a lot, exercise, too. It helps. The authors specifically state that long-term strenuous activity participation did not raise the incidence of knee osteoarthritis. That is good news! They write 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! Connected Chiropractic is a great Elgin 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 performing 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 last longer and potentially decrease the muscle loss that naturally comes with aging. (2) Connected Chiropractic can lead you to stronger quads!
COORDINATE KNEES AND LIMBS
Have you heard of patellofemoral pain syndrome? It’s a name for a very common musculoskeletal disorder that finds unusual motor coordination of the limbs which loads the knees unequally, putting them at risk of pain. (3) Understanding this helps your Elgin chiropractor guide treatment and exercise to help coordinate motion. One way toward improvement is resistance training whose effectiveness can really be noted in hopping. Researchers found that hopping demands strong ankles and knees that work together well. Resistance training improves strength and coordination resulting in gait and knee/ankle benefits. (4) Do not let the child in you hop away just yet! Talk with your Elgin chiropractor first!
TREAT AND SUPPLEMENT
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporates exercise, chiropractic treatment, and supplementation. Much the same can be done for knees! Exercise as discussed 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 help knee cartilage which is similar to disc cartilage. Connected Chiropractic will set up a chiropractic treatment plan for your knees regardless of their age!
CONTACT Connected 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 Elgin chiropractic appointment with Connected Chiropractic today. Bring your painful knees to Connected Chiropractic to relieve their pain!
