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BalancedLifeChiropractic-EP219 - Knee Problems · Back To The Basics In Healthcare

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  Speaker 1: Time now for back to the basics in healthcare with
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  Speaker 1: Ballace Life Chiropractic doctor Harley.
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  Speaker 2: How you doing, Hey, John doing great. We had a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of a break for Easters, so yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But we're all back and it's all good to go,
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  Speaker 1: and it's beautiful weather and people are out walking and
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  Speaker 1: biking and hiking and running and all of that makes
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  Speaker 1: some people really struggle with knees, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's kind of a common thing. We
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  Speaker 2: start getting knee problems as we start getting older. So
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  Speaker 2: if you're one of those people, this is time to
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  Speaker 2: listen up or talk about some things that you can
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  Speaker 2: do to help with your knee pain. Now, obviously initially
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  Speaker 2: we think o knee panma takes some over the counter stuff,
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  Speaker 2: get a knee brace or a sleeve or something like
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  Speaker 2: that that's gonna help. Well, think about you know, those knees,
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  Speaker 2: how how many miles have they walked? You know, if
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  Speaker 2: you twisted them, landed on them, they take a beating
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  Speaker 2: over our lifetime and you might not think about it,
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  Speaker 2: but your knees get out of alignment too. Just like
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  Speaker 2: every all your spine, your shoulders, your hips, your knees
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  Speaker 2: also can be moved out of alignment, so that can
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  Speaker 2: a lot of times it was causing knee probs is
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  Speaker 2: that your knees have shifted, they're twisted and just a
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  Speaker 2: little bit and that's causing extra pressure those muscles around
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  Speaker 2: your knees or have no work a little bit harder
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  Speaker 2: and pulling on things. In general, our inner thigh muscles
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  Speaker 2: are a lot weaker than our outer thigh muscles, so
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  Speaker 2: that's where we tend to see a lot more inside
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  Speaker 2: knee pain just because those muscles aren't able to you know,
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  Speaker 2: they're not balancing with each other very well. Those outer
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  Speaker 2: ones are really pulling on the knees and that can
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  Speaker 2: be part of the problem. So we find that even
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  Speaker 2: just adjusting someone's knees can really help with their knee pain,
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  Speaker 2: even if they've had long term chronic knee pain or
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  Speaker 2: they got a little bit arthright as it's starting to
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  Speaker 2: form and they're making sure that they're in good proper
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  Speaker 2: alignment can really make sure that you know they're wearing
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  Speaker 2: down properly. You know, think of your joints kind of
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  Speaker 2: like the tires on your cars. We get them rotated
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  Speaker 2: every now and then, right, well, if you've been really
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  Speaker 2: wearing down on the inner part of the knee. The
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  Speaker 2: outer parts are gonna be a little bit thicker. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you're get a little more inefficiency. So we make sure
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  Speaker 2: that those knees are rotated proper, they're gonna wear down
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  Speaker 2: more evenly and you're gonna have less knee pain.
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  Speaker 1: I know somebody in their seventies who recently got new knees.
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  Speaker 1: They got one knee and then shortly after that they
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  Speaker 1: got the other knee. And that's one of those things
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  Speaker 1: that if you take care of your knees leading up
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  Speaker 1: to that, maybe you wouldn't have to have knee replacement.
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  Speaker 2: Right And people always say, oh, I got a bad knee,
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  Speaker 2: it's just old age. Well, if it's all old age,
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  Speaker 2: both your knees should wear down the same. But that
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  Speaker 2: bad knee, you've probably heard it a little bit. I say,
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  Speaker 2: twisted it, landed on it, you name it. It's wearing
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  Speaker 2: down a little bit more. What can also be affecting
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  Speaker 2: your knees is your hips. If your hips are really
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  Speaker 2: out of alignment, your knees are attached to your leg bones,
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  Speaker 2: which are attached to your hip bones.
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  Speaker 1: I remember that song.
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  Speaker 2: So if your hips are out of alignment. That can
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  Speaker 2: be causing your knees to have to work a little
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  Speaker 2: bit differently as well to make up for that lack
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  Speaker 2: of proper motion in your hips. So we see that
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  Speaker 2: as well. Just by adjusting the hips can really help
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  Speaker 2: with knee problems.
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  Speaker 1: If somebody is wondering if they're going, okay, I've got
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  Speaker 1: this pain and I don't know what's causing it, but
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  Speaker 1: it's there. It's been there forever. I've tried everything. But
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  Speaker 1: if they haven't tried chiropractic, they should check into that,
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't they.
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  Speaker 2: Chiropractice are a great place to start if you've been
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  Speaker 2: having either new or chronic knee pain. We can do
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  Speaker 2: some orthopedic tests to find out if anything's been damaged
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  Speaker 2: or torn and you know next steps with that. Or
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  Speaker 2: if it is just like your hips are out of alignment,
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  Speaker 2: your knees are out of alignment, and we need to
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  Speaker 2: get them adjusted so they're back in their proper spot.
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  Speaker 1: What is the first step If they're going, okay, I'd
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  Speaker 1: like to maybe check into this. How do they get
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  Speaker 1: a hold of you at Balance Life Chiropractic.
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  Speaker 2: As simple as giving us a phone call. Our phone
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  Speaker 2: number is six year O five two one five, one
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  Speaker 2: seven eight five, or you can reach out to us
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  Speaker 2: on our Facebook page even if you just have a question.
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  Speaker 2: You're like, hey, can this help? Can you help me
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  Speaker 2: with this? And then we can get your scheduled for
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  Speaker 2: a new patient appointment at that point.
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  Speaker 1: Very nice again. Balance Life Chiropractic. You can find their
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  Speaker 1: phone number. You can also find a link to their
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  Speaker 1: Facebook page on their website that is Balanced Life sd
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  Speaker 1: dot com.