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New York City Chiropractic Exercise Ideas for Knee Osteoarthritis Management

Scores of people have knee osteoarthritis in both or one knee. That doesn’t make it any easier on its sufferers though. Rosenberg Wellness Center has some novel exercise tips and treatments our New York City 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 globe over the age of 20 were diagnosed with it in 2020. Characteristically, knee osteoarthritis sufferers feel a loss of knee extensor strength, an increase in the 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 decided. (2) Rosenberg Wellness Center sees new treatment ideas being studied a lot.

KOA TREATMENT:  Your New York City 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) Rosenberg Wellness Center can partner this treatment (and even some cartilage-supportive nutrition!) with your home-exercise for relief.

KOA TREATMENT: YOU, our New York City knee pain patient

Despite the benefits of exercise on KOA is well known, KOA sufferers don’t usually stick to the exercise routine. One study set up an easy-to-follow video set and automated recording calendar of when they did each video that resulted in an 82.4% participation rate. Not bad! The patients also described satisfaction, pain reduction, and better physical function. (4) One 4-week intervention of single knee, non-KOA knee extensor strength training produced significant improvement in the knee extensor strength of the knee with KOA! This is called “cross education phenomenon.” The improved extensor strength and neuromuscular function of the knee with KOA continued for 3 months. (1) Rosenberg Wellness Center 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 recently proposed to see how yoga’s mind-body exercise format - known to enhance flexibility, muscle strength, balance and fitness - might reduce the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis and even improve other outcomes like pain, function, quality of life, gait speed, cost effectiveness, and others. (5) Another study looked into how blood flow restriction with low and high load resistance exercise of the KOA-affected knee impacted various blood tests in female patients with single-knee KOA and discovered that markers for skeletal muscle tissues were increased. (6) All these studies on a variety of approaches to handle knee osteoarthritis may hopefully unearth 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 describes relieving chiropractic knee treatment via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for patients with KOA.

Schedule your New York City chiropractic appointment soon. Do you have knee osteoarthritis? Come in for a visit!

Rosenberg Wellness Center shares recent studies regarding the exercise suggestions for knee osteoarthritis relief, even exercising the healthy knee for relief in the painful knee!