Best Knee Pain Relief Products: Natural Remedies that Work
Here’s another article for my knee pain relief series, this time looking at the best knee pain relief products. While doing my research I found some knee braces and compression sleeves for support which I’ll cover below but mainly I’d like to look at how natural products (and a few home remedies) can help.
The series cover the formula for my own cream for knee pain, which I made with some of the herbs mentioned below (Arnica, Devil’s Claw and St. John’s Wort). We’ve been using the cream for around a month now, as well as a tincture (alcohol based) made with Rosemary amongst other herbs (which we bought at my suppliers here in Tenerife). We’ve gone from walking like badly oiled tin robots (each step seemed to take forever) to virtually stiffness-free, knee-pain free women.
This is a total success. Before our natural treatment, every time we sat down for a few minutes we would suffer from terrible stiffness around the knee/joint and uncomfortable pain which really slowed us down when walk for the first 2 minutes or so. We feel we’ve gone almost back to normal now! There’s still a little of an uncomfortable feeling around the knees a few seconds after standing up (nothing like before!) but we’ll just continue using the cream and exercising as and when.
I’ve also written an article on herbs for joint pain which include a few home remedies and an essential oils for knee pain article.
Knee Pain Relief Natural Products
Let’s have a look at knee pain relief natural products. I’ve looked at different ‘types of of knee pain you might be suffering from: strains, fracture related, arthritis & inflammation and stiff & aching joints. Each has a different herb that can help and so I looked for products related to that particular herb.
Let’s get started!
For Sprains: Arnica
Herb: Arnica (Arnica Montana)
About: Arnica is known for being an effective treatment as compress/ointment for muscle pain, sprains and bruises. Arnica accelerates healing by improving the blood supply locally. It is also an anti-inflammatory.
Remedy: Apply ointment or cream to the damaged area. Massage into the skin gently. Repeat 3 times a day.
Caution: DO NOT USE ON BROKEN SKIN.
Resources: More on Arnica being beneficial for sprains here and here.
Recommended Product:
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Fractures Related: Comfrey
Herb: Comfrey (Symphytum Officinale)
About: Comfrey heals wounds and mends bones, encouraging ligaments and bones to knit firmly together.. One if its key constituents is allantoin, which is a cell-proliferant so it helps to repair damaged tissue. The rosmarinic and phenolic acids of the plant give it is anti-inflammatory properties. Comfrey can be used for sprains, injuries and bruises.
Remedy: Apply ointment, cream or infused oil to the area 3 times a day or more.
Caution: DO NOT USE ON BROKEN SKIN.
Resources: More on Comfrey being beneficial for fracture pain here and here.
Recommended Product:
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Arthritis & Inflammation Related: Devil’s Claw/Devil’s Claw
Herb: Devil’s Claw (Harpagophytum Procumbens)
About: Devil’s Claw is an anti-arthritic and also can ease the symptoms of joint pain. Has also been used for rheumatism. It can be taken as a decoction for rheumatism. I added Devil’s Claw to my homemade knee pain cream as part of one of the key ingredients (photo below).
Remedy: Tablets
Resources: More on Devil’s Claw being beneficial for arthritis & inflammation here and here.
Recommended Product:
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Herb: White Willow (Salix Alba)
About: Used to relieve joint pain, White Willow is the original source of salicylic acid, a strong analgesic and anti-inflammatory compound. Salicylic acid doesn’t think the blood like other aspirin-type medicines. White Willow tablets help with arthritis (tablets can contain other herbs).
Remedy: Tablets
Resources: More on White Willow being beneficial for arthritis & inflammation here and here.
Recommended Product:
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Stiff & Aching Joints: St John’s Wort & Lavender
Herb: St John’s Wort (Hypericum Perforatum) infused oil and Lavender essential oil.
About: Anti-inflammatory, antiviral, analgesic and wound healer, St. John’s Wort relieves pain, inflammation and encourages healing. Applying the infused oil directly to the lesion helps bring down pain and inflammation.
Remedy: Mix 2 and a half tbsp of St John’s Wort infused oil with 20 – 40 drops of Lavender Essential Oil and massage the affected area gently.
Resources: On St John’s Wort being beneficial for stiff & aching joints here and Lavender essential oil’s benefits here.
Recommended Products:
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Some Home Remedies for Arthritis, Aches & Pains in Joints
While browsing my herbal books for information and ideas, I came across some home remedies that can be applied at home easily. Take a look at the below.
Lemon Juice
Drink lemon juice in the morning. Either ‘straight’ lemon juice (I love it mixed with Ginger) or dilute with water. Lemon juice can be beneficial for arthritis & inflamed joints.
Ginger, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Fennel and Rosemary
Apply plaisters and warming rubs using the herbs above and/or take baths using them.
Sage Tea & Fennel Tea
Drink sage tea and fennel tea regularly.
Sage Compress or Cabbage Poultice to Calm Inflamation
Cabbage poultice or sage compress can help calm inflamed joints.
Other Knee Pain Relief Related Products: Braces, Sleeves & Straps
We don’t use any extra support but maybe this is something we can look into in the future. I definitely would need to wear one of these if my pain was sport-injury related, which is not. I was quite impressed by some of the braces, sleeves and straps below – worth taking a look if you’ve been thinking of some extra support.
Knee Pain Relief Brace Support
Knee Brace for Pain Relief – Support Compression Sleeves:
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Pillow
Lynn does use a pillow between her legs every now and then, and I know it helps as I’ve also seen other people do the same. I can’t say I’ve found myself needing the pillow, here’s one from Amazon that seems to do a nice job of it because of its shape.
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Final Thoughts
I’m very keen on following natural treatments and there’s a plethora of herbs and products that can help when it comes to knee pain. We’re happy with the cream as well as the tincture we put on (almost on a daily basis) and we experienced relief from day 1!
I recommend you give the natural products a try and see if they work. Eager to read your comments below, thanks : )
