Toronto Osteoarthritis Benefits from Chiropractic Care
Chondroprotective…a beautiful word to your Toronto chiropractor who is all about protecting the cartilage of Toronto back pain and spine-related pain sufferers as well as Toronto knee pain sufferers with osteoarthritis. When such pain happens, a decrease in beneficial nutrients often follows. Fortunately, chiropractic care options at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre like spinal manipulation, exercise, and nutrition are protective and alleviating.
PROTECTIVE AGENTS
Chondro refers to cartilage while protective means, well, protective. When it comes to musculoskeletal pain like Torontoback pain or knee pain, chondroprotective agents are valuable. In newer studies, the term “chondroprotectors” has been mentioned. More specifically in a study, glucosamine showed a chondroprotective action on osteoarthritis by blocking type II collagen degradation. In athletes, such collagen degradation associated with cartilage metabolism increased. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre suggests exercise whether it’s athletic-level or everyday walking to enhance body health and cartilage metabolism as this article describes.
NUTRITIONAL AGENTS
Nutrition may improve osteoarthritis symptoms, too. Nutrients like glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate have been researched and documented to slow the progress of osteoarthritis of the knee in many well-done studies. (2) Chondroprotectors - biological agents that add to the regeneration of the cartilage surface and joint capsule and take part in articular cartilage metabolism – come into play when there is a reduction in chondroitin sulfate and ongoing loss of hyaline cartilage as observed in osteoarthritis in addition to low back pain. The goal of osteoarthritis treatment is to reduce its progression, ease its pain, and increase any reduced function. (3) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre knows well the chondroprotective nature of proper nutrition!
CHIROPRACTIC PROTECTIVE AND RELIEVING AGENTS
At Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre, chiropractic care incorporates various approaches to ease pain and protect the body’s joints and cartilage. Spinal manipulation is the anticipated chiropractic treatment approach while adaptation of its distractive principles has been applied to the knee for relief of osteoarthritis knee pain. Distraction of the osteoarthritic kneeis gaining in supportive research as to its effectiveness in relieving pain and increasing joint space width. A paper reported that it lasted up to 9 years. (4) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is all for these chondroprotective approaches to knee as well as Toronto back pain!
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how he uses the principles of Cox® Technic flexion distraction in the distraction treatment of osteoarthritic knees. There is hope for knee pain sufferers!
Schedule a Toronto chiropractic appointment for your spine conditions and knee pain issues. Recent research is pointing to the value of chondroprotective agents and joint distraction manipulation on osteoarthritis and collagen production. Toronto chiropractic care incorporates them all. Chondroprotective is a beautiful word!
