HOPE FOR KNEE AND HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS:
Distraction and Patient Education and Exercise
Osteoarthritis of the knee and hip are known
and growing concerns as our society ages…around the world. Today, Canada is evaluating the “Good Life with Osteoarthritis
in Demark” (GLAD) program for knee and hip
osteoarthritis. The program includes manual therapy,
exercise and patient education. (1) One GLAD study had patients attend 2-3 patient education classes and 12
supervised exercise sessions over the course of 8 weeks, patients’
pain intensity got better by 26-33%, walking speed got better
by 8-12%, chair standability got better by 18-30%,
and joint-related quality of life got better by 12-26%. (2) (Another
study utilized MRI to measure the thickness of
knee joint cartilage after distracting the knee joint
to find that it increased with treatment resulting in significant short- and long-term cartilage regeneration
up to 10 years after treatment. (3) This was performed
with young people, but there is hope!) Back in 2017, a Canadian
chiropractor described the benefit
of his application of Cox® flexion-distraction-principle-based
distraction to the osteoarthritic knee, and the success he’s seen
in his patients. Overall (acute and chronic patients together),
patients related a mean visual analog scale score decrease
from 7.7 to 1.8 in 3 weeks and 5.3 visits. Acute knee OA
patients’ scores decreased from 8.1 to 1.1 in 4.8
treatments in 2.4 weeks. Chronic patients’ scores dropped
from 7.5 to 2.2 in 3.3 weeks and 5.4 treatments. (4) Chiropractors like yours
at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center are ahead of the curve with their modified Cox® Technic
principles-based-flexion-distraction-approach to knee osteoarthritis. Novel
protocols for use in hip OA are also in development. Let’s talk
today about how distraction treatment may help your Manahawkin
osteoarthritis of the knee and hip!
HOPE FOR DEGENERATED
DISCS: Chondroitin Sulfate
Back pain treatment
approaches from
surgery to manual therapy to exercise to nutrition flourish while
back pain endures. Injecting hyaluronic acid hydrogel is demonstrating
some potential as it seems to suppress
the loss of disc height, stimulate tissue hydration for disc
repair, and lower inflammation and innervation to ward
off more disc degeneration. (5) The nutritional approach continues
to hold hope for back pain sufferers as the disc matrix
components are identified, two key ones
being chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan and hyaluronan. Making chondroitin sulfate
available to the disc as well as controlling the
hydrostatic pressure of the disc is helpful.
(6) Cox® Technic is shown to decrease intradiscal
pressure, so mixing it with chondroitin sulfate may be, too. Are
you including it in your daily supplements? Consider adding a disc supplement containing chondroitin sulfate to your schedule after we
talk. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is ready!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox
on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael
Johnson as he discusses the
role of chondroitin sulfate in the health,
degeneration and possible regeneration of the intervertebral disc
and in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.
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with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. See you then!
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