
HOPE FOR KNEE AND HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS:
Distraction and Patient Education and Exercise
Knee and hip osteoarthritis are known
and growing concerns as our society gets older…around the world. Today, Canada is reviewing the “Good Life with Osteoarthritis
in Demark” (GLAD) system for knee and hip
osteoarthritis. The program includes manual therapy,
exercise and patient education. (1) In one
GLAD study in which patients attended 2-3 patient education classes and 12
supervised exercise sessions over the course of 8 weeks, patients’
pain intensity improved 26-33%, walking speed improved 8-12%, chair standability got better by 18-30%,
and joint-related quality of life improved 12-26%. (2) (Another
study used MRI to measure the thickness of
knee joint cartilage after knee joint distraction
to document that it thickened with treatment resulting in significant short- and long-term cartilage regeneration
up to 10 years post-treatment. (3) This was performed
with young people, but it is hopeful!) Back in 2017, a Canadian
chiropractor wrote a paper describing his utilization of Cox® flexion-distraction-principle-based
distraction to the osteoarthritic knee, and the success he’s witnessed
in his patients. Inclusively (acute and chronic patients combined),
patients related a mean visual analog scale score drop
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 reduced
from 7.5 to 2.2 in 3.3 weeks and 5.4 treatments. (4) Chiropractors like yours
at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc 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 Fort Wayne
knee and
hip osteoarthritis!
HOPE FOR DEGENERATED
DISCS: Chondroitin Sulfate
Back pain treatment
approaches be they surgical, exercise, nutrition, and/or manual therapy based abound while
back pain continues. Injecting hyaluronic acid hydrogel is demonstrating
some potential as it is shown to restrain
the loss of disc height, promote tissue hydration for disc
repair, and lower inflammation and innervation to ward
off more disc degeneration. (5) The nutritional approach continues
to show promise for back pain sufferers as the disc matrix
components are identified, two central components
being chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan and hyaluronan. Making chondroitin sulfate
available to the disc as well as controlling the
hydrostatic pressure of the disc is advantageous.
(6) Cox® Technic is documented to drop intradiscal
pressure, so combining it with chondroitin sulfate may be, too. Are
you including it in your daily supplements? Consider including a disc supplement containing chondroitin sulfate to your routine after we
talk. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is ready!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox
on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael
Johnson as he presents research on the
part chondroitin sulfate plays in the health,
degeneration and potential regeneration of the intervertebral disc
and in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.
CONTACT Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
Schedule your next Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment
with Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc. See you then!
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