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Individuals with a previous knee injury often describe
feeling continuous symptoms for an extended period of time after the original
trauma. Fortunately, the majority of knee injuries usually involve minor damage
and injury to the ligaments of the knee. Most knee complications that
chiropractic doctors and other medical specialists diagnose are often caused by
stiffness and soreness that, when left untreated, can eventually lead to
further complications on the knee and its surrounding tissues.
Warming up the body before any workout is important to
prevent injuries. Before starting a physical activity routine, stretching or
simple exercises help warm up the knees by getting the fluid within them moving
and lubricating the cartilage. First, begin by practicing several deep knee
bends. Then, follow with knee rolls by bringing the feet close together,
putting the hands on the knees and rotating them in a big circle, first
clockwise, then counter clockwise. These simple stretches and exercises can
help the knees be more flexible before working out.
After the workout, it’s also important to stretch out the
knees especially by stretching the quads and IT band. The quads are made up of
4 sections of muscles in the front of the leg and when all these muscles, along
with the IT band, are too tight, the knee cap can be unevenly pulled up and
down the leg, commonly resulting in injuries such as patellar maltracking
syndrome or runner’s knee. An imbalance in the muscles surrounding the knees
can often cause the cartilage on the underside of the kneecap to wear out
gradually, resulting in pain, soreness, and other symptoms.
Chiropractic treatment can also help eliminate pre and
post-workout knee soreness. A chiropractor can diagnose the root cause of an
individual’s knee pain and symptoms in order to determine the best treatment
options for the injury or possible condition. Through chiropractic adjustments
and manual manipulation, the chiropractor may help adjust spine misalignments that
could be causing knee pain as well. Many times the chiropractor will also
follow up with a specialized set of stretches and exercises to rehabilitate the
individual’s knee and progressively minimize their knee pain, soreness, and other
symptoms.
By Dr. Alex Jimenez
