Runner’s knee is a very common summer injury. If affects runner’s and individuals that participate in sports or have jobs that require excessive amounts of knee bending. Chiropractic care can help alleviate the symptoms of runner’s knee and speed recovery.
Runner’s Knee Symptoms and Causes
Runner’s knee can occur due to overuse of the joint, falling or getting hit in the knee, a misalignment of the joint and weak thigh muscles. Symptoms typically get worse during activity and include pain where the thigh meets the knee, swelling, difficulty and pain walking down inclines and stairs and grinding sensations within the joint.
If you experience pain in your knee, you should immediately stop exercising and rest the joint. Applying ice at the onset of symptoms can help control swelling and a knee wrap can help stabilize the joint and reduce the chances of further injury.
Our chiropractor in Brentwood can provide further care instructions and prescribe a course of treatment that will ease your pain, heal your knee and help prevent future sports injuries.
Chiropractic Care for Runner’s Knee
Runner’s knee can be successfully treated with a combination of therapies, including chiropractic adjustments, massage therapy and corrective exercises. Chiropractic adjustments ensure that your knee is properly aligned. When the knee is out of alignment, the tendons and ligaments surrounding the joint are put under excess stress. This increases the likelihood of injury and pain while performing tasks that require bending the knee.
Massage therapy is effective at reducing pain, loosening the ligaments and tendons, increasing blood flow and oxygenation to the muscles and helping the chiropractic adjustments last longer, which makes them more effective.
Corrective exercises help strengthen the thigh muscle. When the thigh muscle is weak, the ligaments of the knee are less stable. We can help improve the stability of your knee by providing you with information and instructions of specific exercises that will improve the strength of your thighs and reduce your knee pain.
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