Living with Chronic Pain, Second Edition: The Complete Health Guide to the Causes and Treatment of Chronic Pain by Jennifer P. Schneider

Author:Jennifer P. Schneider [Schneider, Jennifer P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
Published: 2009-09-24T21:00:00+00:00

Taping for Knee Osteoarthritis

We’ve already discussed the importance of exercise, physical therapy, and muscle strengthening for treating osteoarthritis (OA). Occupational therapists (OTs) can suggest canes or other assistive devices for advanced disease. Proper footwear, tailored orthoses (shoe inserts), and splints can also help. Another possibly useful approach for knee osteoarthritis is therapeutic knee taping. In a recent study, a small group of patients with knee osteoarthritis wore therapeutic tape for three weeks. Rigid strapping tape and hypoallergenic undertape were applied by physical therapists, who changed the tape weekly. Compared with patients who got no tape or had knee taping in a nontherapeutic pattern, patients whose knees were taped therapeutically had a greater reduction in pain and improved functioning.29 It’s unclear whether taping would continue to be effective and whether patients would be willing to visit a physical therapist weekly for the taping. But it’s certainly an approach worth considering if what you already are doing isn’t giving you enough relief.

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