One of the most effective approaches to alleviating knee pain – without drugs – is the use of pure therapeutic grade essential oils. In this article, find the top 10 essential oils for knee pain and swelling as well as treatment recipes.
Knee Pain Symptoms & Causes
A common complaint for many people, knee pain can arise due to a number of factors including
- old age
- arthritis
- cold weather
- running long distances
- injury to the knee
- sprains and strains
- fractures
- dislocations
- knee pain due to lack of movement
- cold weather – induced knee pain
- referred knee pain (which means the pain doesn’t originate from the knee itself but another site connected to the knee, such as the pain from the ankle shooting up to the knee).
Symptoms of knee pain and swelling include inflammation of the knee joint, redness, warm feeling inside the knee, sharp pains, fluid retention, paralysis or temporary movement due to extreme pain.
How Do Essential Oils Help Knee Pain?
Since most knee pains are related to pain arising due to inflammation or injury of the knee joint, they can easily be alleviated with topically application of healing massage oils with essential oils. What makes essential oils so good for pain, let alone knee pain is their analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.
An analgesic is a substance that alleviates or relieves pain. Many essential oils are analgesic and they work in numbing down pain. There are two kinds of analgesic essential oils: some that bring cooling relief and some that bring warming relief. When cooling analgesic essential oils such as wintergreen, peppermint and eucalyptus are applied to painful areas, they give a cooling tingling sensation that numbs down the pain. On the other hand, when warming analgesic oils like ginger, thyme, clove, lemongrass, vetiver, are applied, they warm up the area which promotes blood circulation and reduces pain.
► For knee joint pain, use cooling oils to numb down the pain.
► For knee inflammation & muscle pain, there will be swelling of the knee which needs warming oils to reduce the inflammation and heal the area.
Basically, what essential oil you choose to use depends on what kind of relief you feel will soothe your pain. If you feel like you need cooling relief in that area, go for cooling analgesic oils. Warming analgesic essential oils can be used for knee pain that’s cold-weather related.
Top 10 Essential Oils for Knee Pain and Swelling
Below are the top ten essential oils for knee pain and swelling:
1. Peppermint essential oil (where to get it)
2. Wintergreen essential oil (where to get it)
3. Eucalyptus essential oil (where to get it)
4. Ginger essential oil (where to get it)
5. Vetiver essential oil (where to get it)
6. Lemongrass essential oil (where to get it)
7. Clove essential oil (where to get it)
8. Thyme essential oil (where to get it)
9. Black pepper essential oil (where to get it)
10. Marjoram essential oil (where to get it)
How to Use Essential Oils for Knee Pain and Swelling
Take a look at 4 great essential oil remedies for knee pain and swelling below:
1. Warming Deep Massage Oil
What you need
- 10 drops marjoram oil (where to get it)
- 10 drops ginger oil (where to get it)
- 10 drops lemongrass oil (where to get it)
- ½ cup olive oil (where to get it)
- 4 oz amber glass dropper bottle (where to get it)
Method
- Add all oils to the glass dropper bottle and shake it well to combine them.
- To use, place about 5 drops on your hand, rub your palms together and deeply massage the painful area.
- Let the oil penetrate deep for at least 15 minutes.
2. Hot or Cold Compresses
What you need
- A bowl with 1 cup of hot or cold water (for hot compress use hot water and cold compress, use cold water)
- 5 drops wintergreen (where to get it)
- Soft microfiber washcloth (where to get it)
Method
- Place the drops of essential oils into the bowl containing hot or cold water.
- Stir the oils into the water using the microfiber washcloth.
- Wring out the washcloth and press it on the painful area for a minute or two.
- Repeat until relief is felt.
3. Warming Pain Relief Cream
What you need
- ½ cup coconut oil (where to get it)
- 10 drops lemongrass (where to get it)
- 10 drops marjoram (where to get it)
- 5 drops ginger (where to get it)
- 4 oz amber glass jar (where to get it)
Method
- Mix up the essential oils in the pure aloe vera gel using a popsicle stick.
- Transfer it to an amber glass jar (amber to protect the aloe from light which easily degrades it).
- Apply liberally on the painful area for nice warming sensation and relief.
4. Roller Bottle Recipe for Pain & Swelling Reduction
What you need
- 10 drops wintergreen (where to get it)
- 10 drops vetiver (where to get it)
- 10 drops clove (where to get it)
- Fractionated coconut oil (where to get it)
- 10 ml roll – on bottle (where to get it)
Method
- Remove the roller ball from the bottle and add the essential oils drop by drop.
- Fill the rest of the bottle with fractionated coconut oil.
- Put back the roller ball, close the cap and vigorously shake the bottle to combine the oils.
- To use, roll on the knee.
Natural Knee Pain Relief Help
If you have chronic knee pain, take a look at this knee brace that promotes flawless movement while supporting the knee and reducing pain.
My most effective essential oils for knee pain and swelling are wintergreen, peppermint and ginger oils. What are yours?
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