Knee pain - know your enemy

Knee pain often strikes in a severe and sudden way. Due to the nature of knee pain a sudden sharp pain can be both alarming and restrictive to your normal activities.

We’ll break down some of the major causes of knee pain below and recommended strategies to assist.

1.) Patellofemoral joint syndrome - the number one cause of knee pain, often associated with anterior knee pain, clicking and cracking knee caps or rubbing off the knee cap causing a friction based pain. This is also one of the more easily treatable forms of knee pain when caught early.

2.) Meniscal tears - often traumatic - the meniscus is the cartilage creating a shock absorber for the knee

3.) Osteoarthritic/degenerative changes - gradual onset, aching knee’s, usually mechanical symptoms

Our physiotherapists are ready to assist. Using an evidence-based approach, tailored interventions, and personal care, physiotherapy is the number one recommended treatment for helping fix problem knees.

Let’s breakdown how:
Physiotherapy is a science-backed approach, drawing upon the latest research and evidence to guide your path to recovery. Physiotherapy is a proven way of reducing knee related discomfort, improving quality of life and returning to normal function. Starting with pain relief then progressing to education, load management and strengthening. The most important thing is that you understand where your pain is coming from and how it will behave in order to overcome it.

All about strength:

As the knee is a weight bearing joint the underlying strength of surrounding structures is fundamental to both control the knee and offload passive structures that can be sources of pain. Starting with simple muscle building exercises and progressing were needed to plyometrics, proprioceptive exercises and sports specific protocols .

Our job is to bring this all together for you and your own unique circumstances. There is no one size fits all approach to pain and every person is different. Your physio has a wealth of knowledge they want to impart to you and to apply this to your wants and needs.

We know if you better understand your problem you will be better equipped to manage it and live an active healthy life.