Knee pain: pain relief & cartilage repair

Relieve pain, and repair the joint!

Knee pain can be debilitating, it can greatly impact on quality of life, reduce mobility and through lack of exercise promote weight gain..... further impacting on knee pain.  Recent research shows that acupuncture not only relieves pain, but also repairs cartilage damage!

How does it work?

Acupuncture stimulates cartilage repair for patients with knee osteoarthritis. Using MRIs, researchers have quantified the therapeutic effects of acupuncture. Within four weeks, acupuncture successfully improves the condition of cartilage in the anterior medial and lateral tibial regions of the knee. In addition, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scores document that acupuncture reduces pain and stiffness levels while simultaneously improving physical function.

In a controlled trial (Zhang et al.), acupuncture was compared with the therapeutic benefits of physical therapy. The MRIs demonstrate that acupuncture improves cartilage in the knee region. Physical therapy did not stimulate cartilage repair. Pain, stiffness, and physical functioning improved with both therapies. However, acupuncture significantly outperformed physical therapy across all three WOMAC indices (pain, stiffness, and physical functioning).

If you know someone who has been suffering with knee pain, and it is impacting on their lives, then send them for some Acupuncture in North Sydney with Luke McPherson; it'll change their lives

Reference

Zhang, Yan, Fei Bao, Yan Wang, and Zhihong Wu. "Influence of acupuncture in treatment of knee osteoarthritis and cartilage repairing." American journal of translational research 8, no. 9 (2016): 3995.