Inflammation of the joint, also known as osteoarthritis, is not “wear and tear or old age”, nor is it “bone on bone”. It is “a whole joint disorder – all involved in an inflammation repair process, which means your body is trying actively to make you better or stabilise an area under strain.”
This means that this can afflict the young as well as the old, and that preventative care is the cure to manage this.
Research has shown “increasing evidence supporting the use of chiropractic care as part of a preventative approach”.
In fact, the chiropractic community is redefining osteoarthritis, seeking to “regard it instead as a natural repair process that, with help from the health care professional and patient, often leads to a better functioning, pain free joint.”
And the best solution? “[W]ith the right care and support including manual care, a third of people with arthritic knees get better”.
Manual manipulation, such as chiropractic therapy, can help many osteoarthritis sufferers breathe a little easier.