Have Knee Pain? Chiropractic May Help

Knee pain is a frequent issue for patients in our Overland Park, KS chiropractic office, and KC Spine and Sport has successfully provided many of these people relief. This is mostly because chiropractic treatment has been found to help with many types of knee pain.

For instance, some patients experience pain in and around the knee area due to osteoarthritis. Research has proven 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 men and women with osteoarthritis in their knees felt significant pain relief and enhanced function after just two weeks of chiropractic care.

If your knee pain is because of a medial meniscus tear, chiropractic treatment could likely help with that as well. One article reported that integrating chiropractic treatment with soft tissue treatment, rest, ice, and compression on the affected knee helped lower the intensity of the problems.

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

Research Shows Chiropractic Care Helps With Knee Pain

Medical research has found that people with low back pain often have less positive results after knee surgery. Therefore, dealing with your back pain through chiropractic before having a total knee arthroplasty can help with your post-surgery healing.

No matter what your knee issue, KC Spine and Sport can likely help. Call our Overland Park, KS location today and find out what we can do for you!

Resources

• 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