Did you know that total knee replacement surgeries are estimated to grow 673% to 3.5 million procedures per year by 2030? Wow! If you’re an orthopedic surgeon, that’s job security. For the rest of us though, that initially sounds like a total knee replacement is an inevitable part of aging. In fact, most conventional health practitioners would assume that knee degeneration and arthritis are part of the normal aging process. Fortunately, there are things we can do.
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There is plenty of proof that although osteoarthritis is common, it is definitively not normal! Today’s research has clearly established that osteoarthritis (OA), sometimes referred to as degenerative joint disease (DJD), needs to be categorized as a disease of the cartilage not a normal part of the aging process. If we all thought of it as an actual disease, we might think differently as to how to treat it.
Instead of thinking of osteoarthritis as an inevitable result of aging, lets take measures to target the causative agent - low-grade inflammation.
Your participation in your chiropractic treatment can potentiate the beneficial effects. Maximize the effects of your chiropractic treatment using these suggestions from Dr. Gosselin.