Chiropractic Helps with Knee Pain

Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation Reported as Effective during Treatment of Knee Patients in Lenexa

Knee pain is a common issue for patients in our Lenexa chiropractic office, and Dr. Isom has successfully provided many of these folks relief. This is largely because chiropractic care has been found to help with many kinds of knee pain.

For example, some patients deal with pain in and around the knee area due to degenerative arthritis. Research has shown that this condition responds very well to chiropractic and rather quickly, too. In fact, one paper 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 as a result of a medial meniscus tear, chiropractic adjustments could likely help with that as well. One study reported that integrating chiropractic care with soft tissue treatment, rest, ice, and compression on the affected knee helped lower the intensity of the issues.

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

Research Supports Chiropractic Treatment Helps With Knee Injuries

Medical research has found that patients with low back pain frequently have less positive outcomes after knee surgery. Therefore, dealing with your back pain through chiropractic prior to having a total knee arthroplasty can assist with your post-surgery healing.

No matter what your knee issue, Dr. Isom can likely help. Call our Lenexa office 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