Lumbar spinal stenosis and knee osteoarthritis. The connection? They’re both age-related degenerative diseases. (1) Some of us may escape them, but those who do not can depend on on their Toronto chiropractor at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre to step in and help with chiropractic spinal manipulation, nutritional advice, and understanding.
KOA and LSS
They are such little abbreviations for such uncomfortable conditions. Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) affects 27 million people. (5) Degenerative changes in the spine are seen in upwards of 95% of those over 50. Spinal stenosis most often occurs in adults over 60 years old. (6) Cartilage degeneration plays a part in each. Pain results from each. When both in one person, these two conditions may alter clinical outcomes for each. Lumbar spinal stenosis patients who choose back surgery for their condition and also have knee osteoarthritis find their recoveries a bit less beneficial related to social life and activities. Their KOA makes it hard to do routine work or ordinary activities due to knee pain or restricted knee range of motion. Writers of this paper proposed tempering surgical outcome predictions in patients who are inflicted with KOA. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre uses Toronto chiropractic services to help back pain and knee pain sufferers feel better.
THE IMPORTANCE OF DEALING WITH KNEE AND OTHER PAIN
It’s pretty hard to ignore Toronto back pain and knee pain. People suffering any type of low back pain and KOA had 2.7 times higher risk of recurrent falls. People who have moderate to severe low back pain and KOA were 3.7 times more at risk for falls. (2) Patients with KOA and widespread pain vs patients with KOA and low back pain vs patients with KOA and multijoint pain vs patients with KOA only, patients who have widespread pain and KOA reported feeling worse with higher measures of pain sensitization, less function and poorer physical performance. (3) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre can improve things though.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre uses well-researched chiropractic care for knee osteoarthritis and Toronto back pain relief. Chiropractic researchers just recounted that a combination of education, exercise and manual therapy over 6 weeks increased function for two of three patients with knee osteoarthritis. (4) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre also uses the research-documented, gentle spinal manipulation, Cox® Technic, to drop intradiscal pressures, widen the area of canal and raise the height of the disc.
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Michael McMurray on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares just how chiropractic relieves back pain due to spinal stenosis with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule a Toronto chiropractic appointment at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre soon. Knee osteoarthritis and back pain due to spinal stenosis have a connection, a connection that age makes for chiropractic to contend with. See you soon!
