Can Your Lower Back Cause Knee Pain?

When you experience knee pain the first place you would think to look it at the knees...

That would make sense now wouldn't it?

But is this really the case? Let's take your car as an example. You are driving down the road and the oil light goes on in your car...so do you think that the oil light is the problem? No, of course not, that would be silly, however when you are just looking at your knees when you have knee pain you might be doing the very same thing!

So now let's look under the hood, so to speak...

Think of your body like a chain and you have heard the old saying, "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link." So when your knees begin hurting, we immediately think that the weakest link is in the knees. However, let's for a moment consider that the tension in the chain may have moved to a different point along the chain. The part of that chain that I am talking about is your lower back. Attached to your lower back are the two largest and strongest muscles in your body, your psoas muscles. When these muscles are pulling really tight they pull forward and down on your lower back creating tension in your pelvis. As this happens guess what part of your body needs to pick up the slack?

Yep that's right! Your Knees!

All the pressure now is forced into your knees, your meniscus must pick up the slack, and as this begins to wear and tear it causes KNEE PAIN...

See the picture in the link below. It is a standard nerve function chart used by chiropractors to pin point areas of the body that hurt and how they correspond with the spine. This is a very useful tool for any knee treatment protocol to take the pressure off of the knee and redistribute the tension to the rest of the body relieving knee pain.

Click here to see the nerve function chart http://www.sonnchiro.com/index.php?p=19548

So if your knee treatment is only looking at strengthening the muscles in your legs to help with your knee pain...

1.) Your knee treatment is not taking into consideration the "bigger picture" of what is going on in your body creating your knee pain to begin with

...AND

2.) Your knee treatment is really not going to help you in the long run...(Aka "job security" for anyone who is only looking at your knee to solve your knee pain)

In essence when you begin to strengthen the legs to address your knee pain you are essentially re-enforcing an already dysfunctional tension pattern in your body causing your knees to hurt.

Don't take my word for it. Try it yourself. Stand up straight...see how your knees feel...walk around the room a little...go up and down some steps paying extra close attention to your knees and how they feel...

Now try the very same exercise bent over (as if your psoas muscle is tight). See how your knees feel...walk around the room (bent over)...go up and down some steps bent over and see how your knees feel...

If you already have knee pain when you try the first exercise there is a good chance that your knee pain will be reduced...

The key is to lock this functional tension pattern in place and make it permanent so the tension in your body is balanced the way it is supposed to be...

Approaching your knee pain any other way is cheating yourself and depriving the quality of life for you and your loved ones...

For knee pain treatment and physical therapy contact the Grappin Clinic today at: (941) 426-9551 We offer non-invasive options to treat knee injuries that don't involve surgery.

About the author: Bill sustained a severe knee injury over ten years ago that required reconstructive surgery on his left knee. This experience led him on a path to figure out how to relieve the pain, tension, and discomfort in his knee as well as the rest of his body resulting from the knee injury and the subsequent surgery. He now teaches others how to relieve knee pain for themselves in their own bodies through education about water, nutrition, exercises, stretching, and breathing.

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