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About Steven Knauf
Dr. Steven Knauf, Vice President of Chiropractic & Compliance at The Joint Chiropractic, has appeared in multiple media segments in 2024 and 2025 to discuss chiropractic care for various health conditions. In a May 2025 interview, he discussed arthritis awareness, distinguishing between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and stated that chiropractic care can help restore joint range of motion to keep patients active. In September 2024 interviews, he discussed the role of chiropractic in managing headaches and migraines, stating that adjustments can help restore motion and optimize the nervous system, and that long-term care may reduce reliance on over-the-counter medications. He also promoted breathing exercises, such as square breathing and alternate nostril breathing, as tools to reduce stress and improve overall wellness. Knauf has described The Joint Chiropractic's business model as focused on removing barriers to care, noting that approximately 85% of the company's revenue comes from memberships)Skip to content
Transcript (19 segments)
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Host0:32
Good day and welcome back to the Valra BBI show. My next guest is Dr. Steve Panav. He is going to help us recognize, excuse me, arthritis awareness month. He's a chiropractor and he's very well educated in this particular problem. Dr. Kav, welcome to the Valder BB show.
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Steven Knauf0:50
Yeah, thank you for having me again.
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Host0:55
Okay, let's talk about the most common type of arthritis and their causes. I think because people are very familiar with that word arthritis.
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Steven Knauf1:02
Yeah, you're exactly right. I think people are familiar with the term, but there's actually over a hundred different types of arthritis that exist today, but there are two really common types. The first is osteoarthritis, and that's the one that I think everyone is kind of familiar with. It's where your joints just get beat up. They break down over time because of a lot of physical stress. We see it with athletes, people that work really physical jobs. It could be because of injury or poor posture. So that's the one I think people are most familiar with. The other arthritis is called rheumatoid arthritis. And this one is very different from osteoarthritis. Now your joints still break down and they become arthritic over time. But what causes it is actually your own body is attacking your joints through an autoimmune process where it increases inflammation in the joint that starts to break down your joints.
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Host2:03
Okay. Can a chiropractor help with these types of arthritis?
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Steven Knauf2:06
Yes, they can. So with arthritis, really the key is to stay moving. And sometimes that's counterintuitive to people who have it because they just don't feel good. They have aches, pains, they don't feel motivated to move because it hurts to even get started. But maintaining movement is so important to preventing worse issues down the line. And chiropractic fits perfectly with that. We help restore and improve joint range of motion so that you can move better, move more freely, you're more flexible. It's maybe more comfortable to stay moving, to stay active. And that's really how chiropractic can help the most with people that are experiencing these symptoms.
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Host2:54
How often, just say one was diagnosed with osteoarthritis or the other, what is what's the other one? I'm sorry, you said it's rheumatoid arthritis.
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Steven Knauf3:04
Rheumatoid arthritis.
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Host3:08
How often, just in general, should they see a chiropractor?
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Steven Knauf3:10
Then it really depends. There's stages to arthritis. You can be in the beginning stage and maybe you don't require a lot of maintenance to maintain your pain-free or maintain a low level of aches and pains and stiffness. Some people have really advanced stages and that can require more care. So it really depends on where you're at and we always encourage you to have that conversation with a chiropractor so that they can prescribe the right amount of care for you.
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Host3:41
What symptoms? Tell me some symptoms so we can talk to our primary doctor because you know you can't get anywhere without going to your primary doctor.
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Steven Knauf3:52
It's largely true. Now at the joint you can come in anytime. You don't need a primary care. But yes, you're right. Some of the common symptoms are really general and vague. What we typically see with patients is they come in with aches and pain. But it's really through the conversation where we start to understand what the cause of that is. So for example with rheumatoid arthritis, it really tends to attack the joints in your hands and in your knees whereas osteoarthritis really tends to occur in your spine, your shoulders and your hips. And so in talking with our patients we can start to get an idea of whether or not it's arthritis, what kind it might be. We may also utilize blood tests or X-rays to help us better understand what's happening as well.
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Host4:42
This sounds exciting, especially for my audience. Let me tell you why. I get excited when people know about my audience. My audience are people born between 1946 and 1964. They're affectionately called Boomers. They're baby boomers. And these things are part of their daily life as they age.
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Steven Knauf4:59
Yes. Unfortunately, that's true. They've put some miles on their body at this time and they've lived life more than most. And it's so important to take care of yourself the best that you can. So while it's an important message for that population and how they might get relief, it's also important for the younger generations on what they can do to take care of themselves so they get the most out of their body as they age, too.
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Host5:32
I love this doctor. Where can we find you? Where do we find more information on these particular conditions?
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Steven Knauf5:40
For more information, we keep it easy. You can visit thejooint.com.
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Host5:45
I want to thank you so much for stopping by the Valerb show. You, I love a doctor who knows what he does. So thanks for being my guest on the Valder BB show.
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Steven Knauf5:56
Of course. Thank you.
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Host5:58
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