Degenhart Chiropractic Health Center

06/12/2026

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06/10/2026

06/09/2026

Chiropractic Can Help Hip, Knee, and Ankle Pain

A 72-year-old man came to my office limping after two months of right hip pain. He saw his M.D., and steroids didn’t help. He sent him to physical therapy, the pain got worse. He then went to an orthopedic doctor, completed X-rays that showed no hip replacement was needed. So, he suggested a steroid shot. The man tried but got no better. So, who do people call last? The chiropractor!
I checked the length of his legs. His right leg was ½” longer than his left leg. This doesn’t mean he should put a ½” heel lift in his left shoe. This means his right sacroiliac joint in subluxated, or misaligned. This causes a pelvic imbalance, with more weight-bearing on the right hip socket. So, the cartilage in the hip socket starts to get damaged and inflamed. Exercising it will only cause more inflammation. We advise ice four times a day for twenty minutes. Stop daily walking, fishing, golfing, to let it heal. But they must get the right sacroiliac joint into alignment.
At this office, I don’t think a 72-year-old- man with a longer right leg should be laid on his side and jumped on top by a chiropractor. That scenario is what has scared so many people away from chiropractors. On our more expensive table, you lay face down, we use a drop-device to gently correct the right sacroiliac joint. They ice the hips, knees, or ankles and in maybe four weeks the pain is gone!
But let’s be honest, if an MRI shows “bone-on-bone” of the hip, knee, or ankle, then go for surgery. But if you have run out of options and you’re still not better, I bet one of your legs is longer than the other one.
I want you to still be able to garden, or golf, go for walks, or enjoy your vacations. Doctors will just tell you, “It’s arthritis”. They don’t understand you probably have arthritis in both hips, knees, or ankles. But your unlevel leg is causing one side to work harder, and it swells.
So, give me a call, in four gentle visits over a four-week period, let chiropractic heal your body to fix your hip, knee, or ankle pains.

John P. Degenhart

06/08/2026

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