Fernandina Beach Chiropractic Exercise Ideas for Knee Osteoarthritis Management
Many people have knee osteoarthritis in both or one knee. That does not make it any easier on its sufferers though. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has some novel exercise tips and treatments our Fernandina Beach knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients will want to attempt.
KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (KOA): What It Is and How Common It Is
Knee osteoarthritis is related to aging and everywhere! 86 million people around the world over the age of 20 were diagnosed with it in 2020. Typically, knee osteoarthritis sufferers have a loss of knee extensor strength, a greater 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) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic sees new treatment ideas being published a lot.
KOA TREATMENT: Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor has it.
A chiropractic treatment approach has shown potential. A trial of treatment based on principles of Cox® flexion distraction decompression for knee osteoarthritis – that is 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) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic can partner this treatment (and even some cartilage-supportive nutrition!) with your home-exercise for relief.
KOA TREATMENT: YOU, our Fernandina Beach knee pain patient
Despite the benefits of exercise on KOA is well established, KOA sufferers don’t usually continue the exercise practice. One study made an easy-to-follow video set and calendar system that automatically noted when their did the exercises that showed an 82.4% participation rate. Not bad! The patients also described satisfaction, pain reduction, and improved 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 enhanced extensor strength and neuromuscular function of the knee with KOA continued for 3 months. (1) Amelia Chiropractic 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 proposed to find out if yoga’s mind-body exercise format - recognized as enhancing flexibility, muscle strength, balance and fitness - might reduce 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 considered how blood flow restriction with low and high load resistance exercise of the KOA-affected knee altered various blood tests in female patients with unilateral KOA and found that markers for skeletal muscle tissues were higher. (6) All these studies on a multitude of approaches to manage knee osteoarthritis may hopefully find a way to ease/prevent/better manage this common condition.
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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 Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment today. Do you have knee osteoarthritis? Come see us!
