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Richmond Knee Pain Relief at Johnson Chiropractic

Knee pain. Osteoarthritis. Common terms. Common conditions Johnson Chiropractic hears about and helps! Johnson Chiropractic treats Richmond knee pain sufferers with the degenerative joint disorder called osteoarthritis. Joint tissue damage and pain often are the indications of osteoarthritis and knee pain. Richmond knee pain patients typically appreciate interventions that keep them from surgery. Johnson Chiropractic presents those for knee pain as well as back, leg, neck and arm pain.

MEDICINE’S TRY AT KNEE DISTRACTION WITH A DEVICE

Medical care for most conditions including knee pain is usually medication and surgery. Lately, it has created a joint-specific distraction device that was not a hit with patients because of its not allowing flexion during the treatment phase of 6 weeks. The researchers revised its design some, but it is still being investigated to see how patients accept it. (1) Well, chiropractors have a better, more tolerable way to treat the knee with distraction! It is gentle. It feels good. It doesn’t have be a conspicuous device worn everywhere to be helpful! It does not involve meds! So good.

Richmond CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR KNEE PAIN RELIEF WITH THE HANDS

Knee pain treated with chiropractic flexion distraction principles provides knee pain sufferers hope. A new report just published discusses outcomes for 25 patients with knee pain (many with 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 1.85.33
Acute 8.1 to 1.14.8 2.4 
Chronic 7.5 to 2.25.4 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 opening the knee space to boost nutritional flow, dropping pressure, and reducing rubbing of degenerative joints and nearby bones? A biomechanical study will one day uncover the answer, but today Richmond knee pain sufferers can appreciate some relief. Johnson Chiropractic is so thrilled to provide this new approach of knee pain relief with Richmond knee pain sufferers!

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

Schedule a Richmond chiropractic appointment to feel for yourself the soothing, relieving treatment of hurting knees and osteoarthritis. Richmond chiropractic care for knee pain is hands-on care for Richmond knee pain.

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