A closeup of a man's knee as he sits on a couch and holds it in pain

Knee pain can make even the simplest tasks—like walking, climbing stairs, or standing for long periods—feel like a challenge. Whether it’s caused by an old injury, arthritis, or repetitive strain, knee discomfort can limit your mobility and prevent you from living your life to the fullest.

At Central PA Spinal Health, our individualized approach to chiropractic care targets the symptoms and progression of knee pain. By focusing on reducing discomfort, improving joint function, and promoting healing, our knee pain treatments can help you get back to the activities you love—without the pain.

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How Chiropractic Knee Pain Treatments Can Help

You want to know your treatment will work when seeking knee pain treatments. We understand knee pain and the many underlying causes that lead to pain of all kinds.

Investigate Root Causes

Before recommending adjustments or alternative therapies, we discuss your past medical history, current conditions, and possible exacerbating issues.

This helps us identify factors that might influence our approach, such as:

  • Spinal Misalignments: We examine the alignment of your lower back, spine, and even shoulders.
  • Muscle Tension/Inflammation: We examine the many muscles involved in walking and movement, looking for tension and pain.
  • Joint Mobility: We examine your joint for inflexibility and stiffness that might be influencing your gait.

Adjustments and Therapies

After examination and check-up, we employ a variety of techniques to relieve pain and issues:

  • Spinal and Knee Adjustment: Palpitation and massage can improve mobility, re-aligning joints and tendons for a holistic improvement of the leg and joints.
  • Soft Tissue Therapies: When muscle tension and inflammation are the root cause, soft tissue massage therapy, or even Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy, can provide marked improvements.
  • Exercises and Stretches: improving mobility and strength in the surrounding tissues can promote stability and reduce pain.

Chiropractic care is based on non-invasive approaches and collaboration with you, the patient. This collaboration helps us ensure a well-coordinated knee pain treatment. The knee is a complex joint that sees some of the most use of any body part. Because of this, knee pain is rarely caused by one simple problem and often requires several techniques in concert to provide the relief you need.

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What Causes Knee Pain?

The knee is a complex joint that relies heavily on ligaments and muscles for stability. Your knee is also a major weight-bearing joint, making it more susceptible to injury. To ensure your knee and surrounding areas are working in conjunction, we will be sure to examine your knee joint as well as your lower back, pelvis, hip, ankle, and foot – every body part that is involved with walking and might be involved with movement:

  • Spine and Lower Back: Much of your knee’s weight comes from above your hips, aided by your spinal column. Poor alignment can cause stress, which can lead to pain.
  • Muscles and Ligaments: Weak or inflamed muscles and ligaments can cause pain that forms a cycle – pain causes your gait to be altered, which stresses muscles and continues the cycle.
  • Joints: Arthritic pain is very common, but the joint itself could suffer from other pains and damage that chiropractic treatment can improve.

When to Choose Chiropractic Treatment

A chiropractic professional manipulating a patient's knee.No one treatment is perfect for every person. This is why we take the time to discuss your pains and problems in-depth before we even suggest a chiropractic approach. That said, there are some things to consider when suffering from knee pain:

  • Is it limiting your day-to-day or sporting activities?
  • Have you tried painkillers and been told to rest with no long-term improvement?
  • Have you been told you have arthritis and there is nothing that can be done?

Chiropractic treatment may well be the answer if you said yes to either of the questions above.

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The Knee Pain Treatment Process

Here at Central PA Spinal Health Chiropractic, LLC, we care about our patients and getting them back to optimal health as quickly as possible. Our treatment plan is outlined below to give you an idea of our approach. We will address your issue and customize your plan to suit your needs best.

Stage 1: Reduce joint inflammation and reduce pain

Our Approach: Avoid aggravating factors, use support from sports tape, and use ice to reduce inflammation, muscle spasms, and pain.

Soft Tissue Healing Therapies Used: Laser, ultrasound, and interferential therapy.

Stage 2: Normalize joint function

Our Approach: Specific chiropractic manipulation and mobilization techniques to areas of restricted movement in the knee and surrounding joints to increase movement, improve function, and reduce pain.

Techniques/Therapies Used: Deep soft tissue massage, trigger-point therapy, and cross-friction.

Stage 3: Rehabilitation and Exercise Programs

Our Approach: When appropriate, we introduce exercises to improve strength, endurance, and stability. We also work on improving your balance and evaluating your proprioception. This approach will help you return to normalcy while preventing future injuries.

Come to Central PA Spinal Health for Knee Pain Treatment

Are you ready to get a holistic, powerful approach to knee pain that will promote health and well-being? Come to Central PA Spinal Health! Joint pain isn’t just uncomfortable, but it can cause you to completely re-orient your lifestyle away from freedom and the things you want to do. But you don’t have to accept this frustration!

For more information on knee pain or to schedule an appointment, please don’t hesitate to contact us today at (717) 766-4000!

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