Two Months to Better Knees

I had been struggling with knee pain quietly. I didn't want to think or admit that I was getting older and I thought that maybe if I ignored it, the problem would work itself out.

I didn't realize I could stop the throbbing pain in my knees without drugs or surgery, but with a method I put together through advice from a massage therapist and my chiropractor, my knee pain of eight years stopped hurting after about one month.

It may not work for everyone, but it did for me and for some friends who suffered with similar knee pain.

I started riding a bike four to five times a week. Nothing shows the weakness in your leg muscles like peddling. As I suspected, part of my knee problems stemmed from weak muscles surrounding my knee. Apparently, the weak muscles caused the knee joint to shift weight incorrectly. This led to stress throughout my knee.

In addition to building muscle, I was told that the biking dramatically increased blood flow to my knee. The increase in blood flow delivered nutrients to the joints, tissues and muscles that were associated with my knee.

Riding my bike for twenty minutes per day zapped about seventy percent of the pain in one week and a half. But I was still annoyed by the occasional throbbing at the end of some days. So I added the next step on the list.

According to my medical doctor and my chiropractor, pure gelatin contains the raw materials for connective tissues in the human knee.

So I went to my grocery store and bought a generic box of gelatin. It contained several packets of the tasteless powder. Each day I mixed one packet with apple juice and drank it in the morning and did the same about 6 PM.

The bicycling and gelatin supplementation removed about ninety percent of my pain. But I wanted to keep going. I wanted to have the knees I had at eighteen. I knew that wasn't entirely possible, but I had learned that I could make strides in terms of the overall health of my knees.

So I started taking calcium supplements. Based on my body weight and other factors, I continue to take about two thousand milligrams of calcium a day. Check with a nutritionist or health expert to determine what dose you should take.

Two months from the time I started this process, my knee pain was gone. I did not have the advantage of having all the steps planned out at the beginning, but incorporated them during the process. You might feel better even faster if you begin all the steps I've mentioned at the same time.

Obviously I don't know your situation and am not qualified to speak directly to your health concerns, so if you've had sever injuries to your knees or had surgery, you need to check with your health professional before starting exercises and supplementation.

Lee Wilson helps maintain the website for The National Directory of Chiropractic, an organization that helps people find chiropractors in their area. He also maintains the website for Medical Transcription Services of America.