Essential Oils for knee injury
Your knees are one of those joints that is often injured. Many people have the need for surgery to either repair or replace knee tissue that is not working properly. When there is a knee injury instead of waiting to see if it will get better there are natural ways to help speed up the healing process and help the healing process be more complete so degenerative changes don’t take place.
Essential oils are one of the many ways you can help to recover from a knee injury. While this doesn’t cure any form of disorder it can help the pain associated with the knee injury as well as speed up recover of the tissues to heal.
In this post we will go over the many essential oils to help speed up recovery and hope to mitigate some of the degeneration that can occur with multiple injuries of the knees.
Lemongrass
I have mentioned this oil before in the past before for soft tissue injury. This oil is an amazing one to have on hand for any soft tissue injury. Injuring the knee is one of those times. It helps to ease the pain as. It is anti-inflammatory as well so it helps to bring down the inflammatory pathways that are driving the knee injury and pain. It is best to use anti-inflammatory oils a day after the injury. Some inflammation is good so that your body can bring blood and other white blood cells to the injury to heal. After about a day you can start putting oil on the site of injury.
I like to add 4-5 drops mixed with 4-5 drops of fractionated coconut oil. This way it doesn’t irritate the skin and the oil goes much further in helping the knee injury. Using this essential oil for knee injury is a must!
2. Eucalyptus
Another great addition to the repertroire of essential oils for knee injury is Eucalyptus. You may have smelled this powerful oil in things such as cough drops or anything to do with opening the passageways to the lungs when you are sick. It works great for those things but it also works just as well for pain and injury of soft tissue. Many who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis will use this oil to help the pain and swelling from that disease. The same is true for injury. This oil can help mitigate the pain that is often associated with knee injury.
Be careful with this oil as it is very strong and potent. Using a carrier oil such as jojoba or fractionated coconut oil is a must. Using 4-5 drops with carrier oil on the knee joint will help to ease the burden of pain during an injury. Use this 2-3 times a day to help with the knee pain from injury.
3. Frankincense
Frankincense is nature's gift to us for rejuvenating the body. It has many properties that help heal and nourish a body that is in disrepair. By using a few drops of this powerful oil on or near the area of knee injury will help stimulate the bodies natural ability to heal itself.
Applying these oils on the skin you want to use caution. Some oils can irritate the skin and using a carrier oils such as jojoba or fractionated coconut oil is recommended. Applying 1-2 drops of essential oil with 1-2 drops of carrier oil is good for direct use on the skin and overlying the knee. You can also mix these oils in a roller bottle or other essential oil bottle and apply it to the area.
There you have it! These 3 essential oils for knee injury work great!
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