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Burlington and Hamilton Chiropractic Exercise Ideas for Knee Osteoarthritis Management

Numerous people have knee osteoarthritis in both or one knee. That does not make it any easier on its sufferers though. Spinal Care Clinic has some new exercise tips and treatments our Burlington and Hamilton knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients will want to attempt.

KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (KOA): What It Is and How Common It Is

Knee osteoarthritis is aging-related and everywhere! 86 million people around the world over the age of 20 were diagnosed with it in 2020. Typically, knee osteoarthritis sufferers feel a loss of knee extensor strength, an increase in the severity of knee pain, and a decline in functional performance. (1) Knee osteoarthritis is the degeneration of cartilage, part of the natural aging process whether we like it or not. Physical activity has demonstrated a positive effect on cartilage structure even though just which physical activity is best has yet to be determined. (2) Spinal Care Clinic sees new treatment ideas being published a lot.

KOA TREATMENT:  Your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor has it.

A chiropractic treatment approach has shown potential. A trial of Cox® flexion distraction decompression principled treatment for knee osteoarthritis – namely distraction of the knee – reported relief of patient-perceived pain from 7.7 (out of 10) to 1.8 in a mean of 5.3 visits in 3 weeks for 25 patients. (3) Spinal Care Clinic can partner this treatment (and even some cartilage-supportive nutrition!) with your home-exercise for relief.

KOA TREATMENT: YOU, our Burlington and Hamilton knee pain patient

Even though the benefits of exercise abound for KOA is well established, KOA sufferers don’t usually keep doing their exercise practice. One study made an easy-to-follow video series and calendar system that automatically noted when their did the exercises that showed an 82.4% participation rate. Not bad! The patients also reported satisfaction, pain reduction, and better physical function. (4) One month-long intervention of unilateral, non-KOA knee extensor strength training resulted in significant improvement in the knee extensor strength of the knee with KOA! This is called “cross education phenomenon.” The better extensor strength and neuromuscular function of the knee with KOA continued for 3 months. (1) Spinal Care Clinic knows a KOA sufferer will not care which knee is exercised as long as there is relief! A planned YOGA (YOGa and strengthening exercise for knee osteoArthritis) study was just described to find out if yoga’s mind-body exercise format - recognized as enhancing flexibility, muscle strength, balance and fitness - might decrease the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis and even enhance other outcomes like pain, function, quality of life, gait speed, cost effectiveness, and others. (5) Another study studied how blood flow restriction with low and high load resistance exercise of the KOA-affected knee influenced various blood tests in female patients with unilateral KOA and discovered that markers for skeletal muscle tissues were increased. (6) All these studies on a multitude of approaches to handle knee osteoarthritis may hopefully find a way to ease/prevent/better manage this common ailment.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates relieving chiropractic knee treatment via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for patients with KOA.

Make your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic appointment soon. Do you suffer with knee osteoarthritis? Come in for a visit!

Spinal Care Clinic shares recent studies regarding the exercise recommendations for knee osteoarthritis relief, even exercising the healthy knee for relief in the painful knee!
 
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