Dr. Ottinger: Blogging for Bad Knees

Great afternoon everyone. Dr knows alot and Casey here, just want to drop in and say a few things about whats going on in the clinic. We have recently noticed a lot of patients having serious issues dealing with their knees. No reason for concern!!!! We have the cutting edge equipment that has gotten the patient unbelieveable relief and back to being "normal" once again. Whether you need help in strengthening a weakened muscle or a taut ligament-we can help! Did you know knee pain is the 3rd most common type of pain in the world?!?! Even the greatest golfer in the world(Tiger Woods) let us know TODAY that he will be taking the remainder of the year off for his current knee problems!!!Below is an example of what we can do to help for a person experiencing any kind of knee pain...... Patient A: presented to our clinic with severe knee pain lasting 8 months in duration. Pt came in seeking "pain relief" and wanted to get back into shape for the upcoming ski season. After consulting with the patient and doing a thorough examination, we came to the conclusion that the patient needed our help and was a great candidate for our "Knee Protocol". Our tested knee protocol consists of adjusting the affected joints of the knee and spine, electrical muscle work, and active rehabilitation. Our new cutting edge equipment in rehab is a combination of vibration therapy and foot strapping on our high tech unweighting treadmill.(I believe we are the only chiropractic clinic in Colorado that offers these cutting edge therapies-but I could be wrong!?) Just in case you want to know what these therapies do, here we go: Vibration therapy will increase blood circulation, improve balance, strengthen the affected joint capsules, improve range of motion, reduce lactic acid, and is a faster-more effective way to train. Foot strapping of the affected leg/knee will relieve knee/hip/ankle/low back pain, will alter the loading pattern of the knee, correct foot drop, and reduces repetitive stress due to hyperextension. These two active rehab exercises in combo with regular spinal/extermity adjustments and electric therapy to the affected joint will get you out of pain faster and minimize reccurences/flare-ups of the injury in the future. I am sure you are wondering what happened to Patient A. Well, after 2 chiropractic visits consisting of "The Knee Protocol", the patient was completely out of pain and had full range of motion back in his affected knee and leg. The patient is currently skiing black diamonds and is coming into our clinic for his chiropractic care. Hard to believe he was told 1 day before he came to Heuser Chiropractic that "he would never be able to ski again!". That would have been a shame! Now, I challenge you to invite any suffering friends or family members in to our clinic for a free spinal exam or knee exam if they have any problems at all!! Have a great day and until my next Dr Blog-see ya Dr Knows alot -get well, feel well, stay well-