Soft tissue release with movement
Hands-on work through the quads, hamstrings, IT band, and calf, often while you move the knee through its range.
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Knee pain / Otsego, MN
Squatting, kneeling, running, or just walking down the stairs shouldn’t hurt. At ChiroFix in Otsego, MN, we treat knee pain by working on the muscles and tissue that control the knee, from the hip all the way down to the calf.
The basics
Your knee is a hinge caught between two long levers, the thigh and the shin. The quads, hamstrings, IT band, and calf all attach around it and decide how smoothly it tracks.
When those muscles get tight or out of balance, the kneecap and tendons take extra load. That’s why so much knee pain responds to work above and below the joint, not just on it.
Sound familiar?
Common causes
Most of the knees we see fall into a few groups:
How we treat it
We treat the knee as part of the whole leg. Soft tissue work through the thigh, IT band, and calf comes first, and we add tools that fit your knee.
Hands-on work through the quads, hamstrings, IT band, and calf, often while you move the knee through its range.
Cupping to strip out tight quads and hamstrings, and scraping for thick, stuck tissue around the knee.
About cupping & scrapingShockwave and laser for stubborn tendon pain around the kneecap, added when they fit your case.
About shockwave & laser20 / 30 / 60-minute visits
Knee pain almost always involves the hip, thigh, and calf too. Covering the whole leg takes more than a few minutes.
We book 20 minutes for one or two areas, 30 minutes for three or four, and 60 minutes for the whole body, so there’s time for the knee and everything that moves it.
Runners, lifters, tradespeople, and anyone with cranky knees come to us from Otsego, Elk River, Albertville, St. Michael, Zimmerman, Ramsey, and Rogers.
Questions
It depends on what’s behind your knee pain and how long it has been going on. We’ll start with a plan after your first visit and adjust it as your knee improves.
We’re cash-pay for regular visits, with HSA and FSA accepted and a detailed invoice available for out-of-network benefits. We do accept auto accident and workers’ compensation claims; call us with your claim information before your first visit.
Yes. Once your incisions are closed and your surgeon has cleared you, we work on the scar tissue and the tight muscles around the knee, alongside any rehab you’re doing.
See a doctor promptly if your knee swelled up fast after an injury, locks or gives way, can’t bear weight, or is hot, red, and painful, especially with a fever.
General information, not medical advice. We will discuss whether a therapy is appropriate for you.
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