Vancouver Knee Pain Relief Tips Vancouver Disc Centers
Knees and knee pain. Boy, do we work our knees…or at least we should! Vancouver Disc Centers hears about painful knees almost as often as we hear about painful backs and necks! Vancouver knee pain sufferers know the symptoms and feel the same: “I don’t want knee pain!” Vancouver Disc Centers has some interesting new research on exercise, chiropractic care, and nutrition to keep knee pain in check.
EXERCISE PROTECTS THE KNEES
If you suffer with Vancouver knee pain, it may seem that moving the painful knee will only aggravate it more. Many doctors like yours at Vancouver Disc Centers and researchers have heard that! That is fear. Vancouver Disc Centers understands! Physical activity is good for your knee’s overall health though. Vancouver Disc Centers will work with you to calm your fear and be sure movement helps! Vancouver Disc Centers also reminds you that a sedentary lifestyle may cause more issues and lead to more joint health problems. A study that tracked people for 8 years revealed that constant sitting was not related to knee osteoarthritis while low to moderate level of strenuous physical activity is protective against knee osteoarthritis. If you sit a great deal, exercise, too. It is beneficial. The authors specifically report that long-term strenuous activity participation did not raise the incidence of knee osteoarthritis. That’s good news! They write cautiously that people who were older, have a higher BMI, more severe pain, weaker quadriceps and depression were not as likely to do any strenuous activities. (1) If that is you, let’s get past these issues for your knees’ sake! Vancouver Disc Centers is a great Vancouver health partner!
QUADRICEPS HELPS THE KNEES
And talk about good partners, quads are to knees! Knees need strong quadriceps. Exercising the quadriceps is smart! A study compared younger and older folks performing resistance exercises via machine vs. elastic band. Both work! Maximal voluntary contraction of the knee extensors in older folks is greater than that in younger people. Exercise may help the older folks build that muscle so it can persist longer and potentially decrease the muscle loss that naturally comes with aging. (2) Vancouver Disc Centers can lead you to stronger quads!
COORDINATE KNEES AND LIMBS
Have you heard of patellofemoral pain syndrome? It’s a term for a very common musculoskeletal disorder that finds atypical motor coordination of the limbs which loads the knees unevenly, raising their risk of pain. (3) Understanding this helps your Vancouver chiropractor direct treatment and exercise to assist in coordinating motion. One way to improving motion is resistance training whose effectiveness can really be noted in hopping. Researchers found that hopping demands strong ankles and knees that interact 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! Check with your Vancouver chiropractor first!
TREAT AND SUPPLEMENT
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management involves 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 benefit knee cartilage which is similar to disc cartilage. Vancouver Disc Centers will set up a chiropractic treatment plan for your knees no matter their age!
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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 Vancouver chiropractic appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers today. Bring your painful knees to Vancouver Disc Centers to relieve their pain!
