Knee Pain Treatment with Chiropractic

Chiropractic Care Reported as Effective for Knee Discomfort in Lincoln

Knee pain is a frequent issue for patients in our Lincoln chiropractic practice, and Dr. Jerrad Swanson, DC, FMT, DN1 has happily provided many of these people relief. This is largely because chiropractic adjustment has been found to help with many kinds of knee pain.

For instance, some people experience problems in and around the knee area due to osteoarthritis. Research has confirmed that this condition responds very well to chiropractic and rather quickly, too. In fact, one study published in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association found that individuals with osteoarthritis in their knees felt considerable pain relief and improved function after just two weeks of chiropractic care.

If your knee pain is because of a medial meniscus tear, chiropractic care could likely help with that as well. One article found that integrating chiropractic adjustments 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 necessary in order to correct the problem, and if that's the case, chiropractic can also help improve the outcome. How?

Research Shows Chiropractic Treatment Helps With Knee Pain

Research has shown that patients with low back pain often have less positive outcomes after knee surgery. Thus, dealing with your back pain through chiropractic before having a total knee arthroplasty can help with your post-surgery recovery.

No matter what your knee issue, Dr. Jerrad Swanson, DC, FMT, DN1 can likely help. Call our Lincoln practice today and find out what we can do for you!

Studies

• 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