Amateur and professional athletes routinely experience problems with their major joints, especially the knees. Your knees are constantly bending and bearing loads as you bike, run, jump and do other types of exercise. Damage to your knee joint can sometimes result in a Baker’s cyst. Your physician has several different treatment methods to use when caring for a Baker’s cyst in your knee.
Draining
Draining is the most common method of treatment that physicians at a pain clinic use for medical treatment of a Baker’s cyst. This procedure is done in the doctor’s office with a local anesthetic. The fluid from the cyst is removed by the physician. Once the fluid is gone, your pain and swelling may decrease.
Anti-inflammatory Medications
Your doctor may inject an anti-inflammatory medication near your cyst to reduce swelling. You might also be given instructions to take ibuprofen or another over the counter anti-inflammatory medicine to lessen your pain and swelling near the Baker’s cyst.
Chiropractic Care
If you have shifted your posture or altered the way that you walk due to pain from a Baker’s cyst, your spine could be out of alignment. An out of alignment spine could cause even more pain. Your chiropractor at the pain clinic may be able to do adjustments to get your spine back to its proper alignment. This may also help to take pressure off of your knee as it heals.
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