The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body Health & Fitness
or jumping. This incredible joint has to move over a million times each year and over 80 million times over a lifetime. This is also the reason why things can go wrong, causing injury and pain. Just like takingcareofyourheart,your jointsneedattention tomaintainahealthystate.Here areeasyways foryou to takecareofyourknees,avoidingarthritisandother jointproblems: Stretch yourhamstrings,quadriceps andadductormuscleseach day. Bykeeping these muscles flexible, the forces on your knee joints can be balanced, allowing your joint to bend, rotate and for your patella (kneecap) to track properly. Keep the muscles around your hips and knees strong. Especially the gluteals and quadricepsmuscles.Studiesshow that thoseadults,especiallyover55whohavestronger glutealsandquadriceps, tend tohave lessbackpainandmoreability tododailyactivities. Exercise regularly. While this is good for the whole body, the knees especially need exercise to keep their cartilage healthy. The cartilage does not have much blood supply and requires its nutrition from joint fluid. Most of the joint fluid absorbs into the cartilage only through movement and compression of the knee. Therefore, it is important to do weight bearing exercise such as walking, running and other sports. However, if you have arthritis, it is advised to do less impact activities such as biking, elliptical machines, aquatic exercises, etc. Havinga regularphysical therapycheckupensures thatyour jointsareworkingat theirpeak performance. In addition, any problems will be discovered early, preventing the onset of arthritis and joint injury. If you do have arthritis or have had surgery, then a regular physical therapy check up is especially important. If your attention is on that sore knee, then it is timeyoucalledus fora freeknee jointanalysis.Talk tooneofourexpertphysical therapists today and see how life can be with freely moving knees. 3 Easy Steps to Healthy Knees
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3. If further assessment is warranted, your therapist
2. Your therapist can
1. Feel free to call us and ask to speak to your therapist.
discuss with you why your pain is bothering you again and what you might do about it at home.
might recommend you come in for an appointment.
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