EFFECTIVE KNEE PAIN MANAGEMENT

As movement specialists, we have developed a complete philosophy to target your knee pain. Helping you get on the road to recovery quickly and effectively.

Understanding the issue

Knee pain is something that afflicts millions of people every single day. Whether you have sustained some sort of acute injury to your knee joint or you are experiencing chronic pain as the result of regular wear and tear, it can severely reduce your overall quality of life. Knee pain is the second most common joint to cause chronic pain in the body, whihc is hardly surprising with the fact so much stress is placed through it form above at the hips and back and below through the foot and ankle Knee pain can be caused by a wide range of diseases or injury. Depending on the specific case, knee pain may restrict movement, affect muscle control, reduce strength, and prevent mobility. The location and severity of knee pain may vary, depending on the cause of the problem. Signs and symptoms that sometimes accompany knee pain include:

OUR FIRST ACTION: REMOVE YOUR PAIN

Body Logic Health, working with the latest evidence based treatment information, have put together a complete solution for knee pain treatment. Our full treatment pathway will take you beyond the ‘quick fix’ and through the necessary phases to make sure you return to the activities your enjoy.

Important First Step

Your pain must be addressed first, it is important to be able to get on with your daily activities, and there are huge benefits to returning to normal activities. Your movement specialist will complete a full assessment to understand the best way forwards for your condition.

You will then have explained fully to you;
The reason for your symptoms and the full diagnosis.

The first step to ‘remove your pain’

You will then begin the best treatment to help your recovery, and our highly skilled physiotherapists will give you the best outline of the time frame for this first step.

N.B.
If you have made it this far previously and find yourself in treatment again then there are a few key factors that you need to be aware of;

CAUSATIVE FACTORS

Knee pain can be caused by many different factors including biomechanics, running technique, muscle strength, muscle control and certain sports such as running, football, basketball and skiing.

There are several different knee pathologies which include:

Ligament strains and sprains
Osteoarthritis
Anterior knee pain
Overuse (Tendinopathies)
Fractures around the knee
Gout

Due to knee pain having several different causes, pathologies and symptoms getting an assessment is often required to get a correct diagnosis.Identifying movement faults is fast becoming the accepted best practice for neuromusculoskeletal practice (Sharmann 2002), who went on to profess that;

“Musculoskeletal pain syndromes are seldom caused by isolated events and that habitual movements and sustained postures play a major role in the development of movement dysfunction.”

Have you continued to address the underlying factors?

Unfortunately many people find they drop back into the old habits, this causes a return of the stresses on the soft tissues, which you will now understand relates to a return of symptoms.

Did you complete the full treatment pathway?

Recurrence is the toughest area to address in back complaints, primarily if you only completed the first step previously then the chances are you have not changes how the body is moving to prevent recurrence.

Prevent Recurrence

Having removed your pain it is imperative that the reasons for your issue are now addressed. This is where recurrence can be truly prevented. It is the chance to address the core weaknesses, poor movement patterns and understand the habits that might be related to your current problem. It is important that both parties complete the full pathway, this is the area that helps you feel great again.

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

Building your foundation is the key to step 2, to complete this phase we need to identify the underlying movement faults that you have. You have a couple of options here depending on your specific requirements and end goals;

You will have the ‘how you move’ identified and explained in full detail to you, and this will allow your movement specialist to plan your next step.

ELEVATE YOUR PERFORMANCE

The hardest part for everyone is to stay motivated once you are feeling great and moving well again. We all know life gets in the way of looking after you. If you feel you need further help to achieve your performance goals or to maintain your lifestyle, there are ways we can help you.

If you have completed the first two steps, you are now ready to achieve lifestyle and performance goals, step 3. At this phase our great sports rehabilitation team will often take over your management.

There are plenty of options for you depending on your specific goals, so please discuss your options with your physiotherapist. This step will complete your knee pain solution, and will involve individually designed programmes to complement your home exercise programme.

You can see the whole pain to performance knee solution. This will help you create movement health and enjoy the life you want to live.

Don’t delay starting your knee pain pathway to help you return to your life without your current issue.

Start your journey today and enjoy your life again.

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