{"id":2313,"date":"2013-05-17T08:33:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2016-12-08T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T19:57:36","slug":"knee-pain-and-chiropractic-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/knee-pain-and-chiropractic-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Knee Pain and Chiropractic Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very common condition we see in our office is knee pain with no particular mechanism of injury (in other words, the knee became painful over time and didn\u2019t occur as a result of a specific trauma or disease.)<\/p>\n

\"Knee<\/p>\n

When there is a specific traumatic event (like having your legs knocked out from under you in a football game) or a disease process (like rheumatoid arthritis<\/a>), It is very easy to understand why the knee tissues have failed.<\/p>\n

Most knee injuries fall outside of these categories.\u00a0 Most knee injuries happen over long periods of time as a result of repetitive abnormal stress.\u00a0 The condition is usually unilateral, meaning that only one knee is symptomatic.<\/p>\n

The question is, why are knees so problematic?\u00a0 Really, as far as joints go, they are relatively simple.\u00a0 They only move along one plane of motion \u2013 they flex, as in moving the heel toward the buttock, and extend, as in straightening the leg.\u00a0 There is a tiny bit of normal rotation in the knee joint, but let\u2019s not split hairs here.\u00a0 Compared to the shoulder, which moves in many directions, the knee is very simple.<\/p>\n

The answer lies in the fact that most knee problems do not originate in the knee.\u00a0 Most knee problems originate in either the pelvis\/lower back region (above the knee) or the foot\/ankle region (below the knee).<\/p>\n

Dysfunctional hip, pelvic, or lower back motion transfers a lot of extra stress to the knees. In these cases, one knee is usually taking more impact than the other, and the impact is occurring at an abnormal angle.\u00a0 This quickly wears out the cushioning tissue and over-stretches the ligaments that support the knee joint.<\/p>\n

\"Foot<\/p>\n

Sometimes the root of the knee problem lies in the foot or ankle.\u00a0 Collapsed longitudinal arches in the feet are a frequent cause.\u00a0 The tibia and fibula (leg bones) sit on top of the arch of the foot.\u00a0 When the arch collapses (there are many reasons for this \u2013 we\u2019ll save those for another blog), the leg bones fall as well, causing uneven stress on the knees.<\/p>\n

Chiropractic manipulation has a very good track record of restoring normal motion patterns to the hip\/pelvis\/lower back complex.\u00a0 Foot dysfunction also responds well to chiropractic care, along with orthotics in some cases (refer to blog on orthotics).\u00a0 There are also some minor manipulations that we can perform on the knees.\u00a0 We have found, though, that this is often not necessary if we restore normal motion to the hips, pelvis, lower back, and feet!<\/p>\n

In summary, if you have knee problems, try our office<\/a> first.\u00a0 Your knee problem may turn out not to be a knee problem at all!\u00a0 We will assess the situation and if we can help you with it, we will gladly do so.\u00a0 If we feel that it is a problem that would best be handled by another professional (orthopedist, physical therapist, physical trainer) we will gladly refer you to the appropriate professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A very common condition we see in our office is knee pain with no particular mechanism of injury (in other words, the knee became painful over time and didn\u2019t occur as a result of a specific trauma or disease.) When there is a specific traumatic event (like having your legs knocked out from under you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[195,197,145,196],"yoast_head":"\nKnee Pain & Chiropractic Care - Nashville TN - East End Chiropractic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Knee pain can come from a variety of sources, and aren't necessarily a direct result of trauma to the knee joint. 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