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Osteoarthritis

Your Guide to Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a type of arthritis that is common as people age. Unfortunately, it can cause a lot of pain and discomfort, leaving people to live a less joyful and less functional life. In this guide, our team at French Family Chiropractic in Erin and Clarksville explains the condition, its symptoms, and how chiropractic care can help.

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What Is Osteoarthritis and How Does It Develop?

Osteoarthritis is, simply put, a condition that occurs due to the wearing away of your joints. Throughout life, you use your joints—knees, ankles, spine, wrists, and so on—to complete tasks every day, and each of those tasks causes wear and tear in the joints.

When you’re young, the body is better able to repair itself. So as your joints wear down, they rebuild. The trouble is that as you age, the body doesn’t repair itself as quickly, leaving you with pain, inflammation, and limited mobility. This can also be common in athletes and overly active people whose joints don’t have time to fully repair before being worn down again.

How Chiropractic Care Can Help

Chiropractors have many techniques at their disposal that can help with various musculoskeletal conditions. Adjustments are key in most treatment plans to restore alignment to the skeletal system. This can be beneficial for joint problems, as misalignment can cause them to wear down more quickly or unevenly.

There are also many different types of soft tissue therapy that can address problems from the surface all the way down to the hardest-to-reach places. Depending on the soft tissue techniques used, they can help relieve tension, improve blood flow, stimulate tissue regeneration, and much more.

Corrective exercises are also a vital component. These targeted stretching and strengthening exercises can build up your joints and the supportive tissues. You’ll also often receive nutritional guidance to help you take in foods that are good for joint health and inflammation. A combination of the methods listed here can provide the following benefits:

    • Reduce pain and inflammation by restoring alignment, improving blood flow, and stimulating natural healing processes

    • Improve mobility by restoring alignment, reducing inflammation and tension, and strengthening the joints

    • Slow or prevent the progression of osteoarthritis by stimulating healing and recovery

Find Relief From Osteoarthritis With Our Chiropractor

Our team at French Family Chiropractic is dedicated to helping you move through life as healthy and pain-free as possible. Schedule an appointment at our Erin office by calling (931) 289-5800 or our Clarksville office by calling (931) 919-2869.

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