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exercise after Knee Surgery
By Dr. Niraj Patel 0 Comments Exercises , , ,

5 Types of Exercises to Be Avoided After Knee Surgery

Knee injuries in today’s world have become so common that if choose you as a random person, still you might have someone related to you suffering from knee-related problems. This is due to the exertion that the knees must go through gradually in everyone’s lifetime. People often experience degeneration of cartilage in their knees because of this exertion as knee injuries. When this happens the condition of injured knees always takes a downhill path.

As human mobility is completely dependent on their knees, without the functioning of knees a person cannot even stand. Knee surgery is a procedure to substitute some of the important functions of our knee by installing an artificial knee in the place of the one which is natural but non-functional.

The fact that the efficiency of a natural knee cannot be replaced by any artificial means, results in the restriction of the movements that the person who has gone through a knee surgery makes. Immediately after knee surgery, it is advised to people that they perform some specific exercises for the recovery after the surgery but there are some exercises to be avoided after knee surgery too.

Here are 6 types of exercises to be avoided after knee surgery

Sitting

Exercises that involve sitting for long periods of time such as some yoga positions are harmful to a replaced knee. This is because prolonged sitting causes the blood supply to have obstructions in the knee while circulation. If this obstruction in the blood supply occurs within 2 or 3 weeks of surgery, there is a great possibility of the formation of blood clots? This can lead to immensely uncomfortable symptoms in the knee.

Weight lifting

There is a reason that after knee surgery, the patient is required to walk with the assistance of walking equipment such as a walker for at least 3 months. Even after one has recovered from the surgery, in these three months period a patient is advised to not even bare their own weight. To ensure this the patient is restricted to walking up the stairs too. Therefore, weightlifting exercises are to be strictly avoided after knee replacement surgery.

Sprinting and jogging

Speaking in the terms of force applied, any kind of exercise that include fast sprinting or even slow jogging exert much higher force on the knees in comparison to when we are simply walking. It is obvious that after knee surgery, the operated knee must not bear much force as there is the artificial knee has fragile bonds with the other parts of the leg and can be damaged easily because of running.

Skipping and jumping

For the same reasons as sprinting, physiotherapy doctors advise the patients to not involve in activities that include jumping of any sort. This is because these kinds of exercises can impact the knee with more force than jogging. So, this is a higher risk of damage in these exercises than even running.

Contact sports

Sports that require the players to be contacted with each other during the game are known as contact sports. Patients after knee surgery are required to avoid participation in these kinds of sports for longer periods even after the recovery as they can lead to unbearable traumas to the knee resulting in the disorientation of the artificial knee.

Some examples of the contact sports to avoid after knee surgery are as follows:

  • Hockey
  • Soccer
  • Football/ Rugby
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Skiing
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Badminton

What exercises are good for your knee surgery

Movement is necessary after knee surgery, but this movement should be controlled and under the supervision of an expert. Some of the exercises that are advised to perform after knee surgery are as follows:

  • Careful stretching of the leg: You will be asked to put an elevation under your heel and first move your toes in front and back motion. Then you will be asked to try to stretch your leg with the help of the assistance of a practitioner.
  • Assisted bending of the knee: To ensure mobility after the recovery of your knee surgery your physical therapist will make you perform the exercise of knee bends. This exercise will require you to slide your foot towards your hips and hold the position of tension for 5 seconds.
  • Cycling: After the period of 4 months of recovery, light exercises such as cycling, and swimming are really helpful to make your knee used to some exertion.

Conclusion

In this blog, we learned the types of exercises to avoid after knee replacement surgery. It is very important to stay active after knee surgery, but the movements should be controlled and beneficial.

To ensure the best assistance for your exercises after knee surgery, contact Om Physio Plus Nutrition.

Chiropractic Therapy
By Dr. Niraj Patel 0 Comments Therapy , ,

6 Benefits of Chiropractic Therapy

One of the most common health problems prevalent in today’s world is related to joints and bones. The reason for this issue becoming a serious common problem of the world population is the consistent denials of actual treatment people must hear from the doctors. Now as this problem is arising as new chaos for working-class people, they are starting to wonder if there is any other reliable treatment for their condition. Here is where the practice of chiropractic therapy comes in. In this blog, we will intend to make us first understand what chiropractic therapy is and then layout 6 benefits of chiropractic therapy

What is chiropractic therapy?

Any medication or medical procedure is done on the patient relies on the miraculous property of the body to heal itself. Now medications act as the catalysts for certain natural metabolisms and procedures act as the reordering techniques to put the disordered function of the body back into its own form. Chiropractic therapy is based on the same principle of the body to heal itself on its own but to manipulate the healing of problematic bones and joints; it uses the assistance of specialized hand movements and varying pressures. The purpose of these manipulations is the eventual pain relief by realigning some joints and bones, tissues, and muscles.

Some benefits of chiropractic therapy

Relieves back pain

The general treatment of chronic back pain may include going through surgical procedures and being on painkillers. These painkillers can become a cause of long-term kidney-related issues and therefore are much harmful than being a treatment. Chiropractic therapy is an effective substitute for the harmful and invasive treatments of back pain. By using the procedure of manipulation of the spine, chiropractors can improve the issues related to back pain by a significant statistical amount in the USA.

Relieves pain caused by osteoarthritis

Among the types of arthritis, osteoarthritis is the one that causes gradual degeneration of cartilage between the joints. One of the most common areas of the body where the symptoms of this condition can be felt is in the knees. When the cartilage between the joints of the knees degenerates, the bones rub against each other causing immense pain. As it is a known fact that cartilage regeneration cannot be done by any procedure in the world, the same applies to chiropractic therapy. However, it is seen and made evident that the pain caused by osteoarthritis can be significantly minimized by chiropractic therapy. Chiropractic therapy can also slow down the degradation in cartilage caused by osteoarthritis

Reduces headache

People, for whom the work orients around a desk and a chair, tend to have tensed necks. This tension in the neck becomes apparent in the body through consistent headaches. Through the manipulation of the spine, chiropractors can relieve this tension in the neck and cause headaches in the affected person relieved.

Reduces the bent in the spine

In some people, due to some unproven reasons, the spine can become deformed in such a way that a bent is created in it. This condition is known to be scoliosis. Chiropractic therapy is proved to be the most effective treatment of this condition. By far 8-10 weeks of chiropractic treatment is said to have inevitable improvements on the deformed curvature of the spine.

Improves posture and increases serotonin

Poor posture can be easily related to lowered serotonin levels in the body. The amount of serotonin in the body is directly linked to the person’s confidence level. Bad posture can be a cause of those conditions which you may have never imagined to be linked to it, such as social anxiety, depression, etc. Chiropractic therapy can be used to correct improper posture caused by inappropriate sitting or sleeping.

By solving the problems in the posture chiropractic therapy treats the following conditions linked to it:

  • Reduced eyesight
  • Headache
  • Leg pain
  • Reduced confidence

Helps to be athletically more active

Chiropractors specialize in the specific manipulation of your joints and bones. By relieving every tension in your spine and other joints of the body, chiropractic therapy helps you to be more mobile and flexible. These improvements in the body are the cornerstones of the performance of every good athlete.

Conclusion

Chiropractic therapies are mainly used to treat musculoskeletal disorders. These disorders mainly include pain as their symptoms. Sometimes the disorder of a patient requires the assistance of both chiropractic and physical therapy. The practice of chiropractic therapy requires the manipulation of different body parts with the hands. For these therapies to be effective and beneficial, one should ensure that they are getting treated by an expert chiropractor.

At Om Physio Plus Nutrition, you will be provided with all the above-mentioned benefits of chiropractor therapy because our practitioners are only from experienced backgrounds.

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