After an injury to the knee, muscles often weaken due to the inability to move the knee properly or general inactivity due to pain. Without proper rehabilitation, your knees may not fully recover their strength and cause long- term dysfunction. Seeing a physical therapist after a sports or other type of injury is essential to the long-term health of your knee joints. How strengthening can improve your joint stability Weakness or compensations in muscle function are often associated with knee pain and injury. For some, the main weakness is in the hip, which leads to improper control of the thigh bone (femur), which in turn causes problems at the knee. For others, pain and swelling due to knee joint injury have inhibited the thigh muscles.
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