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Research Review: Can Seeing a Chiropractor Reduce Your Osteoarthritis Pain?Coping with neck or lower back pain due to osteoarthritis? The Arthritis Foundation suggests you might want to give chiropractic therapies a try. They interviewed several chiropractic experts who asserted skeletal adjustments that increase joint function and other techniques that relax muscles around inflamed joints could reduce pain. But what does the research say? While research into the effects of chiropractic therapies on osteoarthritis pain is limited and often conflicting, some research has found chiropractic therapies may help alleviate pain commonly caused by osteoarthritis, for example:
The verdict? While the research isn’t conclusive, chiropractic therapies may be worth a try. In fact, the American College of Physicians recommends trying therapies like seeing a chiropractor before using medication. If you do visit a chiropractor for osteoarthritis pain, remember it could take four to ten treatments to experience improvement. If you don’t see any improvements by then, it might be wise to try a different treatment. Source: Arthritis Foundation Copyright © 2024 TraceGains, Inc. All rights reserved. |