Knee pain can make walking, lifting and climbing stairs seem impossible. Whether you are dealing with minor knee pain, facing surgery, or recovering from surgery, physical therapy can help. Physical therapy is typically the first recommended step for all types of knee pain, even torn ligaments. While some types of injuries will require surgery, optimizing your strength and motion before surgery can help you get the best results!
Problems We Treat
Some of the most common knee injuries we see and treat include:
- Knee muscle strains or tendinitis
- Knee damage from sporting injuries
- ACL, MCL, LCL, and PCL injuries
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Rehabilitation after knee surgery
- Running related knee pain
Treatment at ActivePT
Knee pain is often the result of too much pressure and not enough support from surrounding muscles. Advancing arthritis can cause extreme pain and problems walking. Knee pain can also be affected by the type of support from your shoes or too much impact to your body when running or other strenuous activities.
There are several ways to treat knee injuries including:
- Progressive impact exercises designed to ease your body back into physical exercise after an injury or surgery, which can include aquatic (pool) therapy to machines to weight lifting
- Special soft-tissue treatments to stretch muscles and surrounding tissue and laser treatment to reduce pain
- Strengthening exercises and stretches to work the muscles and ligaments and increase circulation and strength in these areas
Rehabilitation After Surgery
In some cases, knee surgery is the best remedy for your pain. If a surgeon has recommended physical therapy, you can request ActivePT as your therapy provider. After knee surgery, our team begins by helping you reduce your pain and swelling. Next, we help progress you back to gentle muscle activation and stretching exercises to reduce the chances of long-term stiffness after surgery. We help you learn to walk again and eventually get rid of those frustrating crutches or walker. Then, we help teach you how to progress your knee strengthening back to the point of doing regular exercise and normal activity. If you are an athlete, this is when recovery gets fun. You’ll be progressing back to agility and plyometric activities to ensure you are ready to play again!
