San Francisco Chronicle

KNEE PAIN? HUGE MISTAKES ... You Don’t Want To Make

- By G. Carney Health mriter

Bay Area - Got a couple of questions for you if you have ‘knee pain’ or ‘arthritis of the knee.’ Has anyone ever told you that the answer to your knee pain was to exercise it, get some physical therapy or just take a few medication­s for the pain? How about surgery? helped been affordable very medication­s your your cause get If Four These better. exercising good knee knee looking of local you doctors the reason pain but They and I doctors pain, may may for. and you’re works. up have say A “why” have not you medication­s to solution that in not found this have most San the exercise if correcting point. you’re solution Jose, helped that likely that has CA. exercise is and exercising will you both not you’ve the have never and real can a be getting likely you Maybe, a have huge be Does better. the but knee mistake best That hear issues. article Sound me when out. you’ve it Off comes This The ever will Wall? to most read you if skeptical, office to There raving in were San reviews. but Jose, a after lot CA., of meeting people that skepticism Kr. that Coyle were at turned their life Many forever people by potentiall­y said Kr. Coyle restoring changed function their to their Things knees. Change As You Get Older to I hit don’t a certain know about age, things you, but just when change you ... seem including your knees. Yes, you know you’re aging, but if you’re like me you never expected it to be difficult to jump down from a ladder, or just bend down and have a hard time getting up ... but it happens. Here’s what’s sad for some people. Some people use canes, drugs, walkers, and scooters when they really don’t have to a lot of the time. Being disabled with knee problems is not something most people want to live out their lives having, but some just accept that as life, and deal with it in pain. So, if drugs and surgery aren’t the answer, what is? mhat is a person supposed to do if their knee pain just gets worse? Krugs? Surgery? That is not something I want to do for knee pain. So, if medication­s and surgeries are out, what is the alternativ­e? Don’t Get Me Wrong Rxercising your knee is good, and lack of motion can be detrimenta­l, but you want to make sure you’re doing as much right as you can to avoid knee arthritis, joint dysfunctio­n, and long-term knee pain. If you have knee arthritis/pain, this problem can “dry up” your knee lubricatin­g fluids. mhen this happens, there will be irritation, and this can lead to you developing bone spurs. Put It This Way If you have arthritis in your knees and you decide that exercise is good for you, most likely you’re going to have MORR swelling, MORR pain, and MORR arthritis in your knees. That’s a huge mistake. don’t happens? parts Same exercise Here’s If you have heat thing are, an a Interested There’s bad up, any analogy happens keep scrape, knee(s) oil reading no in for your In oil if and with you you. The in because car destroy the are no Answer?

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• Arthritis (wear surgery and tear)

• A failed Knee surgery

• A misalignme­nt in the affected knee(s)

• Bad nutrition so your body is not capable of maintainin­g the proper lubricatin­g fluids. Here’s The Answer? mell, in the car’s case, all you do is top off the oil, make sure the levels are right, and make sure your car never runs out of oil. mith your knees, you need to make sure that they are aligned, and lubricated as good as possible. So, what if there was a unique technique that has been developed that could potentiall­y help you not only get rid of your knee pain but help regenerate the joint as well? A Huge Mistake People Make? If you are trying to make your knee feel better with surgery or drugs, that may not work. Unfortunat­ely, drugs just work on your symptoms, not the real cause of your knee problems. And as you know, all drugs have side effects. You could have some side effects from any drugs or medication­s that you’re currently taking, even aspirin, so pay attention.

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