Scientists Think They've Found A New Way To Help Aching Joints Without Surgery Or Medications
A study found that gait retraining could be an effective strategy for combating pain with knee arthritis.
Participants that underwent real gait training had lowered levels of pain and less damage to their knee cartilage than those in the placebo group.
With gait retraining, each joint is analyzed, from your feet, knees, hips, pelvis, and trunk, up to your head.
An individualized plan is created to attempt to restore an optimal pattern of walking for that patient.
“By optimizing a patient’s gait, even through small changes, it can have large and lasting beneficial effects on a patient’s knee,” Policella says.