HOPE FOR KNEE AND HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS:
Distraction and Patient Education and Exercise
Knee and hip osteoarthritis are known
and growing concerns as our society ages…around the world. Currently
in 2021, Canada is evaluating the “Good Life with Osteoarthritis
in Demark” (GLAD) system for knee and hip
osteoarthritis. The program combines 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 in 8 weeks, patients’
pain intensity got better by 26-33%, walking speed improved 8-12%, chair standability improved 18-30%,
and joint-related quality of life got better by 12-26%. (2) (Another
study used MRI to determine the thickness of
knee joint cartilage after knee joint distraction
to document that it thickened with treatment bringing
about significant short- and long-term cartilage regeneration
up to 10 years after treatment. (3) This was done
with young people, but it is hopeful!) Back in 2017, a Canadian
chiropractor described the benefit
of his application of Cox® flexion-distraction-principle-based
distraction to the osteoarthritic knee, and the success he has witnessed
in his patients. Inclusively (acute and chronic patients combined),
patients related a mean visual analog scale score decrease
from 7.7 to 1.8 in 3 weeks and 5.3 treatments. Acute knee OA
patients’ scores reduced 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 Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office are ahead of the curve with their modified Cox® Technic
principles-based-flexion-distraction-approach to knee osteoarthritis. New
protocols for use in hip OA are also in development. Let’s talk
today about how distraction treatment may help you with Groton
knee and
hip osteoarthritis!
HOPE FOR DEGENERATED
DISCS: Chondroitin Sulfate
Back pain treatment
approaches from
surgery to manual therapy to exercise to nutrition abound while
back pain continues. Injecting hyaluronic acid hydrogel is demonstrating
some potential as it seems to restrain
the loss of disc height, stimulate 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 known, two central components
being chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan and hyaluronan. Making chondroitin sulfate
available to the disc plus controlling the
hydrostatic pressure of the disc is beneficial.
(6) Cox® Technic is documented to decrease intradiscal
pressure, so combining it with chondroitin sulfate may be, too. Are
you taking yours? You may want
to think about adding a disc supplement that
has chondroitin sulfate to your routine after we
talk. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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 possible regeneration of the intervertebral disc
and in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Schedule your next Groton chiropractic appointment
with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. See you then!
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