TREATING HIP, KNEE & LEG PAIN
time. Arthritis of the hip and knee can exacerbate the problem by causing you to favor one leg over another -- causing uneven pressure on the joints. Hip Pain & Inflammation Overuse of the knees and legs in endurance sports such as running or cycling can cause additional pain in the buttock or hips, caused by the Iliotibal band, which runs through the gluteal muscles down to the knee. Physical therapy can help improve your range of motion and muscle strength, which can also benefit such problems as anterior hip pain from hip impingement and hip flexor tendonitis. Hip and core weakness are key contributors to these ailments, so restorative physical therapy is a recommended treatment. Functional Training Through Physical Therapy Functional training allows even individuals with a full range of motion to performcontrolledmovements that will target benefits to specific activities. In thisway, your body learns how tomovewithout causing undue stress (and pain), allowing you to go through your daily activities more comfortably.
Physical therapists can assist with a variety of different rehabilitation or pain reduction therapies, but some of themost-requested are to help reduce pain in the hips, knees and legs. Solutions Physical Therapy can help reduce or eliminate pain over time for these common problems. Exercise Pain In The Knees Exercising is great for your body -- just ask any doctor and they will tell you! However, exercise can also be very damaging to your joints and is especially hard on the knees. Popular exercises such as Cross Fit, weightlifting, and runningcan result inoveruse syndromeor Patellofemoral painsyndrome. This sharp pain can causeweakness or stiffness in themuscles around the knee and even shift the way your lower leg lines up with your foot, knee and hip. Other Causes Of Knee Pain As we age, the cartilage under the patella can wear out causing excessive pain after sitting for long periods of time with bent knees, for instance. This occurs often in office workers or those who sit or stand for long periods of
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