Physical Therapy Newsletter: Knee & Hip Pain: Physical Therapy Can Relieve Your Pain! by Heart of Texas Physical Therapy
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KNEE & HIP PAIN? Physical Therapy Can Help Relieve Your Pain!
Do you find it difficult to walk, run, or exercise? Are you experiencing sharp pains in your hips and knees that make daily tasks difficult? At Heart of Texas Physical Therapy, our team of physical therapists is dedicated to helping you find solutions that work!
Hip and knee pain can significantly hinder your daily life. Your ability to walk, get up and down from a chair, and get in and out of cars depends on how well your hips and knees function. When any aspect of mobility, strength, balance, and/or coordination becomes abnormal, it causes strains to the joints, leading to pain in the hips and knees. At Heart of Texas Physical Therapy, our physical therapists can teach you how to identify limitations in your hips and knees and bring you relief before it becomes a significant problem! Call today to make an appointment. Identifying The Source Of Your Hip And Knee Pain The source of hip and knee pain can come from a variety of things. Limitations are often the result of an injury or impairment to the joints and muscles surrounding the joints. When the joints and muscles aren’t functioning correctly, it will affect how you use them, leading to a cycle of pain and inactivity.
While many causes of pain exist, the most common are: • Arthritis • Tendonitis • Cartilage injuries • Sprains and strains (i.e., injuries to muscles and ligaments) Hip pain is typically caused by injury or strain to the joint or surrounding soft tissue. Pain inside your hip or groin area is generally associated with a joint issue. Pain on the outer aspect of your hip, in your upper thigh, or buttock region, is often associated with the muscles. Knee pain that is felt in the inner aspect of the knee is often due to knee joint injury or degeneration. When the cartilage breaks down, we often feel an ache or even pain in the inner aspect of the knee. Pain on the outside and/or top of the knee cap is usually due to muscular imbalances.
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KNEE & HIP PAIN? PHYSICAL THERAPY CAN HELP RELIEVE YOUR PAIN!
Continued from previous page. If you’re experiencing pain, pinpointing the exact spot can help you determine the cause. Arthritis: Joint injury and being overweight during early adulthood are signs of a trajectory towards symptomatic osteoarthritis later in life. Tendonitis: Repetitive stress and overuse type injuries are more common with tendon-related pains. Sprains/Strains or Cartilage Injuries: These conditions are more commonly associated with slips, falls, and sports injuries. While some causes are more severe than others, a physical therapist can identify what is causing your pain and help clarify what your next steps should be. Effective Solutions for Your Knees & Hips Our licensed physical therapists are movement experts. They will analyze your joints, muscles, balance, and how you walk to determine any abnormalities. By pinpointing the exact areas of your body that are not moving as they should, they can create a treatment plan to improve your strength, coordination, and overall mobility. Restoring normal motion is crucial to alleviating pain and participating in the activities you love safely. With our motion analysis, strength testing, and coordination testing, we can spot your muscles and joints that need treatment. Your therapist will design a program to restore lost motion, build your strength and teach you strategies for reducing pain and increasing your activity level. Your treatment plan will be individualized, based on your specific needs, to help you reach your optimum function with the least amount of effort. Our dedicated team can help you walk, run, and play better. What To Expect In Physical Therapy If you are suffering from knee or hip pain, it is essential to make sure you contact a physical therapist as soon as possible. We will assess your particular issues and identify restrictions and limitations affecting your function. Our team of physical therapists will use this information to design a program that helps you increase your mobility, strength, and function. Physical therapists are skilled at hands-on intervention and selection of the most comprehensive and appropriate intervention to help you resolve your pain and/or restore your function. Education, exercise, and balance/coordination drills are cornerstones of a successful outcome. From start to finish, we’re dedicated to your ongoing well-being. Your therapist can help you reclaim a healthy lifestyle! If you are suffering from hip and/or knee pain that is affecting your ability to walk, run or exercise, don’t hesitate to contact Heart of Texas Physical Therapy to schedule an appointment. We offer the results you are looking for!
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EXERCISE OF THE MONTH
Try this exercise to strengthen calf muscles and relieve knee pain. HEEL RAISE
Stand holding onto a chair for support. Slowly stand on your tip toes, lifting your heels as high as you can and hold the position. Then repeat to the starting position. Repeat 6-10 times throughout the day.
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For many people, knee pain can be a way of life, limiting their ability to climb stairs, squat down to get something off the floor, enjoy long walks, shopping and a host of other daily activities. The knee joint is one of the most complicated joints in the body and has to bear up to 6 times your body weight with running 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 taking care of your heart, your joints need attention to maintain a healthy state. Here are easy ways for you to take care of your knees, avoiding arthritis and other joint problems: 1 Stretch your hamstrings, quadriceps and adductor muscles each day. By keeping 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. 2 Keep the muscles around your hips and knees strong, es- pecially the gluteals and quadriceps muscles. Studies show that those adults, especially over 55 who have stronger glu- teals and quadriceps, tend to have less back pain and more ability to do daily activities. 3 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 compres- 3 EASY STEPS TO HEALTHY KNEES
PATIENT SPOTLIGHT
COME BACK TO HEART OF TEXAS PT! Has a pain flared up? Are you suffering with a new pain? Do you want to become healthier, stronger, and more active? If you answered yes to any of these questions you need to come back to Heart of Texas Physical Therapy. Call us today! Call for an appointment today and start your journey to a healthier, happier, pain-free life. Call today 254-301-7374 PT CONSULTATION “I discovered HOT PT and Dr. Brindle about a year ago when I had a fall that resulted in a fractured knee cap and Post Concussive Syndrome with migraines. He and his team have been very close to miraculous getting me mobile again and controlling my headaches. Dr. Brindle is a vestibular certified therapist who trains his staff to work with vertigo, migraines and brain injuries. My therapist Lisa is top notch! So encouraging but never letting me shirk. :) Their adjunctive therapies are also amazing. The Red light box and masseuse, Fi, are amazing and worked so well in conjunction with the traditional therapies. I highly recommend them!" – Patty P. “He and his team have been very close to miraculous getting me mobile again…”
sion of the knee. Therefore, it is important to do weight bearing exercise such as walk- ing, 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. Having a regular Physical Therapy checkup ensures that your joints are working at their peak 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 time you called us for a free knee joint analysis. Talk to one of our expert physical therapists today and see how life can be with freely moving knees.
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