Is knee pain reason deepression or depression reason for knee pain?
This is a difficult question to answer. If there was a specific event that brought on the knee pain then it could also follow that the pain has allowed the depression to occur. Degenerative processes such as arthritis be it rheumatoid or osteo can both bring on depression. The loss of movement decreases the quality of life and for most this means a degree of depression. Some are able to cope with this and others are not. When they are not focused on other things there is a tendency to focus on the pain. This point of view only makes things worse for there is the constant reminder of what was and what cannot be done. If the condition gets worse then the depression of course worsens. The idea of intervention to stop the knee dysfunction is paramount and will allow the person to regain a better quality of life thereby lifting the depression. Now on the other hand if the person is depressed then they can take that depression and place it upon and injury no matter how small and make it larg
