Plainville Knee Osteoarthritis and Quality of Life with a Mediterranean Diet
What do creaky, popping, cracking knees and olive oil, fruits, veggies and red wine have in common? Knee osteoarthritis! Plainville knee pain sufferers know that morning routine with “bad” knees, the stiffness and pain that is part of getting up and moving. Layden Chiropractic hears our Plainville chiropractic patients describe this all the time. Those Plainville knee pain sufferers would appreciate getting some relief. What is one way to get some relief? The Mediterranean diet that involves, of all things, eating. Layden Chiropractic wonders “How bad can eating be for Plainville knee pain relief?”
Plainville OSTEOARTHRITIS SUFFERERS AND THEIR PAIN
Plainville knee osteoarthritis is ordinary. There are numerous Plainville knee pain sufferers. They’re not alone! 240 million people around the globe suffer with osteoarthritis. That bothers about 10% of men and 18% of women. (1) Any Plainville knee osteoarthritis sufferer recognizes the knee pain, the morning stiffness, and the creaky joint motion that lessens the quality of daily life. (1) It’s just not much fun. Now a Mediterranean diet could be some fun though!
WHAT TO EAT ON A MEDITERRANEAN DIET
The Mediterranean diet includes eating lots of fruits and vegetable, legumes and nuts, cereals and seeds, seafood and fish. The Mediterranean diet permits moderate intake of dairy, poultry and eggs as well as red wine and olive oil as the chief source of dietary lipids. (1) Yum! Eating a Mediterranean diet can be quite delicious and adventurous for a recent Mediterranean diet follower.
BENEFITS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET
Knee osteoarthritis involves inflammation in addition to pain. A review of 3 studies highlights that biomarkers of inflammation and cartilage degradation due to osteoarthritis decreased in the Mediterranean diet group. (1) Specifically, the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1α decreased in the Mediterranean diet group. (2) Knee osteoarthritis patients who stuck to a Mediterranean diet show a lessened risk of deteriorating knee pain at 4 years follow up. For those who didn’t experience knee osteoarthritis at the start of the 4 years study and followed a Mediterranean diet, a 9% reduced risk of getting knee osteoarthritis was reported. (3) Overall, a higher faithfulness to a Mediterranean diet is associated with better quality of life and less pain, disability and depressive symptoms. (4)
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses his use of Cox® Technic principles adapted to knee treatment to relieve back pain as well as partner with a patient to get some relief of her knee osteoarthritis pain. The patient was thrilled with the drop in pain on the first visit!
Schedule a Plainville chiropractic visit with Layden Chiropractic to discover an improved quality of life with some alleviating Plainville chiropractic care with Cox® Technic knee treatment plus specific recommendation of a Mediterranean diet for improved quality of life and lessened pain and inflammation. Your creaky, painful knees will appreciate it!
