West Des Moines Knee Pain Relief at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa

October 24, 2017

Knee pain. Osteoarthritis. Common terms. Common conditions Executive Chiropractic of Iowa hears about and helps! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa treats West Des Moines knee pain sufferers with the degenerative joint disorder called osteoarthritis. Joint tissue damage and pain commonly are the indications of osteoarthritis and knee pain. West Des Moines knee pain patients usually appreciate non-surgical interventions. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers those not just for back pain and leg pain and neck pain and arm pain but for knee pain, too.

MEDICINE’S TRY AT KNEE DISTRACTION WITH A DEVICE

Medical care for most complaints including knee pain is typically medication and surgery. Recently, it has devised a joint-specific distraction device that was not a hit with patients due to its not allowing flexion during the 6 weeks of treatment. The researchers worked on its design some, but it is still being investigated to find out how patients accept it. (1) Well, chiropractors have a better, more tolerable way to treat the knee with distraction! It’s soothing. It feels good. It doesn’t have be a conspicuous device worn everywhere to be effective! It doesn’t involve medications! So good.

West Des Moines CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR KNEE PAIN RELIEF WITH THE HANDS

Knee pain treated with chiropractic flexion distraction principles provides knee pain sufferers hope. A new study just published reports on 25 patients with knee pain (many due to osteoarthritis, some acute, some chronic, even some post-knee replacement with continued knee pain) treated with chiropractic flexion distraction. Overall knee pain patients described pain drops from 7.7 to 1.8 (1 [no pain] – 10 [worst pain]) in a mean of 5.3 treatments over 3 weeks. More precisely, acute knee pain patients reported pain drops from 8.1 to 1.1 in 4.8 treatments in 2.4 weeks. And chronic knee pain patients reported pain drops from 7.5 to 2.2 in 5.4 treatments in 3.3 weeks.

	Pain Score Drop (1 no pain - 10 worst pain)	# of Treatments	# of Weeks
Overall	7.7 to 1.8	5.3	3
Acute	8.1 to 1.1	4.8	2.4
Chronic	7.5 to 2.2	5.4	3.3

Additionally, none of them reported adverse side-effects. (2) Does Cox Technic flexion distraction for knee pain work like it does for spine pain by gapping the knee space to enhance nutritional flow, lowering pressure, and reducing irritation of degenerative joints and surrounding bones? The biomechanics will one day be uncovered, but today West Des Moines knee pain sufferers can appreciate some relief. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is very excited to provide this new method of knee pain relief with West Des Moines knee pain sufferers!

LEARN MORE AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa

Listen to a PODCAST with the study’s author, Dr. Luigi Albano, as he discusses osteoarthritis.

Schedule a West Des Moines chiropractic appointment to experience for yourself the soothing, relieving treatment of painful knees and osteoarthritis. West Des Moines chiropractic care for knee pain is hands-on care for West Des Moines knee pain.

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