Knee Pain
What is it?
Knee pain can disrupt your daily life and sleep, presenting in many ways from a dull ache, sharp pain, or instability and can be worsened from certain movements such as during exercise, twisting, running or jumping. Some knee pain is there constantly and our experts are on hand for this too. Symptoms can range from a pain or ache in the knee, to your knee giving way. Knees can often making “popping” and “crunching “or “clicking” noises and this can often be harmless but we can assess all of the above symptoms and support your journey to recovery. There are lots of possible causes of knee pain. It might be caused by a sudden injury or a longer-lasting medical condition.
How can we help?
Whether you are suffering from an acute, sporting injury, or whether you have more long term pain due to osteoarthritis, physiotherapy is extremely beneficial for knee pain. Physiotherapists are experts in movement and function, and are well equipped to help in your recovery. Our physiotherapists will carry out a thorough assessment to find out what component(s) of your knee is the primary cause of your problem. From there an accurate treatment and exercise plan can be put into place to get you from pain to performance!
Our Physiotherapist will fully assess your knee pain during a Physio Assessment.
What does a Physio Assessment Involve?
A Physio Assessment is a session with one of our highly trained and skilled Physiotherapists. The session will consist of a full and detailed delve into your history, including medical, lifestyle and details of the issue you are currently experiencing. The Physiotherapist will often perform some physical tests, such as range of movement tests and analyse your movement patterns, mobility and restrictions amongst other things. A plan for your recovery will then be put in place.
Physio treatment will then follow. Treatment can consist of many different treatments, including manual Physiotherapy treatment, Sports Massage, Acupuncture, along with other cutting edge technology and equipment we have within clinics. Finally you are provided your very own personalised video rehabilitation program via our online app.
Do I need a Physio Assessment OR a Sports Massage?
We get asked this A LOT! Sports Massage Therapy and Physiotherapy Treatment both have a valued place in helping muscle tightness and imbalances. Lets explain all the differences and benefits to prevent you wasting money on a service that isn’t right for you!
A sports massage is a hands on treatment and a form of massage therapy, involving the manipulation of soft tissue in order to relieve tension in muscles and connective tissue.
All our sports massages are performed by highly qualified Chartered Physiotherapists, rather than Massage Therapists, meaning you get a much more in depth service. Prior to a massage, our Therapists conduct an initial screening to make sure that sports massage is the best option for you. They will screen for any red flag symptoms and rule out any contraindications. They will also ask about the reasons you have chosen a sports massage and what you’d like to get out of the session. Sports massage can be used to prevent soft tissue injury, reduce pain and swelling, enhance recovery, improve circulation, movement and performance.
Pre-event Sports Massage
If you have a sporting event such as a rugby match, 10km run, marathon training sessions or a triathlon coming up then sports massages can help to prepare your body by ensuring that your muscles and soft tissues are supple and ready for activity.
Post-event Sports Massage
Sports massage can help to accelerate recovery following activity enabling you to get back to training.
Maintenance Sports Massage
Some people will use sports massage to keep them fresh during training for large events but also when managing a long-term issue that has already been assessed and diagnosed. It can also help when you are working on posture improvements.
So at what point do I require more than a massage?
Some people think a Sports Massage is the answer to their problem, when the problem may be deeper rooted, or stemming from a totally different location on their body. If you have neurological symptoms (like pins and needles or numbness) or we suspect that there may be an underlying cause for your aches and pains then we’d often recommend a deeper investigation with a physiotherapy assessment.
Our bodies are cleverly made up of so many different parts which are designed to work perfectly and efficiently in sync with each other. If a cog in our wheel becomes imbalanced, weak, tight, injured or dysfunctional, we run into issues, and here’s the interesting part – you may experience pain in completely different parts of your body! Weird right? Some common examples of this are, back issues stemming from a weakness and imbalance in the hip or even feet!
Most of us are also sitting more and moving less, which can lead to muscle imbalances and weaknesses that have a knock-on effect to the way you move. When left untreated these imbalances can eventually result in pain and dysfunction. With non-traumatic injuries, pain is often the last thing to be felt and there’s usually stiffness or weakness well before pain comes on. In professional sport players are screened regularly to identify these imbalances so Physio’s can intervene before pain.
So, when you’re faced with the decision of whether you need a sports massage or physio assessment remember….
- Sports Massage = recovery, loosening of soft tissue and/or maintenance for tight areas.
- Physio Assessment = investigate pain, after an injury, neurological symptoms, posture correction, injury prevention, recurrent injuries or having regular sports massages but the issue is not resolving.
Want to hear what our patients who have received treatment for knee pain say?
- I have returned to what I love doing – hiking! - pain free after suffering from a bout of anterior knee pain.
- I Was made to feel so much better about everything and treated with proper care and attention during the rehabilitation on my knee!
- Tom quickly identified the cause of the discomfort in my knee and lower back, and devised a plan that proved highly effective. Highly recommended
- Ste was great - very knowledgeable and sorted my knee. I was back running within 2 weeks
- When I was booking an appointment on the phone, the person was very friendly and made sure I was booked in as soon as was possible. Subsequent alterations of booked appointments have been dealt with quickly and queries answered straight away. The initial assessment by Craig felt thorough and he made sure that all possibilities were explored for the cause of my knee pain, not just going on my description of the symptoms. Also he took his time in explaining why I was getting knee pain and the importance of how all the muscles work together in your leg, it was an education. Also my exercise programme was very quickly put together which is easily accessible from the handy app. Overall I am very satisfied with my initial assessment.
- Tom quickly identified the cause of the discomfort in my knee and lower back, and devised a plan that proved highly effective. Highly recommended
- This was my first ever physio appointment and I was really happy with the service and advice given...and I really look forward to the plan he is going to put forward for me to help with my painful knees!
- I was booked in for a consultation the very same day. Was given help to relieve the pain in my knee immediately by the physio Ste, Thanks
- Very straight forward, everything was explained very clearly, and the proposed program was also set for my knee issue
- My physio was really thorough with his investigation and found the issue in my first session. Very impressed that my year long knee issue looks likely to be resolved in the near future
- Initial assessment went well. Knowledgeable and considerate assessment. Helpful guidance in starting my knee rehabilitation programme
Want to hear what our patients who have received treatment for knee pain say?
Previous
Next
Want to know more about knee pain?
Accepted Insurance
We accept all major healthcare insurers, if you don’t see yours listed don’t worry, we may still be able to help, just get in touch and we’ll do what we can to help!
Take a look at our cost saving Sports Massage Packages to get the most out of your treatment with us