Knee Pain

Knee Pain Relief in Austin

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Get Your Knees Working Again with Physical Therapy in Austin!

Are your knees feeling painful, or even feel as if they may buckle underneath you without warning? Knee pain can seriously interfere with your life. Austin Manual Therapy can help get to the root of your problem safely and comfortably, without the need for harmful drugs or surgery.

What’s causing my knee pain?

Your knee is a hinge joint, confined to forward-and-backward motions. Individually, your knees support more weight than the hips, 6 times your body weight when doing a squat. Proper movement of both your hips and knees allows complicated motions, giving you the ability to stand, walk, run, and dance without falling over.

Pain felt in the knees may originate in the joints themselves, but it may also be a result of an underlying condition in another part of the body. For example, your hips and knees are part of the same kinetic chain, meaning they make up a combination of weight-bearing joints that must function together in harmony in order for your body and posture to function properly. Therefore, a problem with your knee joint may transmit abnormal forces to your hips, and vice versa.

If one part of the kinetic chain is out of balance, stress and deterioration may be placed on another. Hip and knee pains can be experienced together or separately, but it is important to note that as the old saying goes, your knee bone is connected to your hip bone, therefore what happens with one, affects the other.

What else should I keep in mind about knee pain?

Overuse injuries such as tendinitis and chronic muscle strain are common in knees because the joints are constantly in use. They are also subject to acute injuries, such as sprains, strains, and dislocations.

Knee pain can also be affected by imbalances in your stance or gait that may cause abnormal stresses and premature wear-and-tear in your knees, resulting in painful symptoms of arthritis.

Inflammation of the bursa sacs, known as bursitis, is a specific condition affecting the knee joint. However, painful injuries that cause instability in the hips can also affect the knees. Tight hip flexor muscles and weak gluteus medius muscles can cause the hip to rotate inward without you realizing it. This can cause painful problems such as iliotibial band friction syndrome or patellofemoral stress syndrome, as stress is put on the knee or kneecap.

How will physical therapy relieve my knee pain?

Our Austin Manual Therapy physical therapists will examine your knee for signs of misalignment or structural damage, as well as assess your stance, posture, gait, and range of motion.

After your physical exam is complete, our physical therapists will prescribe a physical therapy plan for you, aimed at relieving unnatural stresses and strains. They will also focus on normalizing your joint function so you can get back to living life comfortably.

You will be given targeted exercises designed to relieve joint pain and stabilize weak knee tissues. The exercises may vary depending on your condition; for example, research has demonstrated that those suffering from patella pain (kneecap pain) tend to respond better to exercises that focus on strengthening both the hips and knees, rather than just focusing on the knees alone.

You may also be given exercises designed to strengthen the core, including your lower back muscle groups, lower abdominal muscle groups, or pelvic muscles. Core exercises are aimed at straightening your posture and equalizing the weight load on both sides of your body.

Additional specialized treatments may also be added as our physical therapists deem fit, such as mobilizations to improve joint movement or other soft tissue treatments that relieve pain and promote the healing of damaged knee tissues. The physical therapy treatments at Austin Manual Therapy can help to greatly reduce your knee pain. In many cases, your physical therapist can even relieve your pain altogether, sparing you the need for potentially harmful medication or surgical correction.

Get moving again today!

Request an appointment at Austin Manual Therapy today to speak with one of our dedicated Austin, TX, physical therapists. It is time to take a stand against your knee pain – get started on the path toward long-lasting pain relief today!

Your knees will be glad you did!

We strive to deliver the best personalized care to every individual, every visit, to eliminate the source of your pain, not just the symptoms, without pain meds, dangerous injections, or unnecessary surgery.

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Austin Manual Therapy

Contact Details 3508 Far West Blvd #240, Austin, TX, 78731 (737) 358-2511 (512) 832-9401 howdy@austinmanualtherapy.com

Hours of Operations

Monday 7am - 6pm

Tuesday 7am - 6pm

Wednesday 7am - 6pm

Thursday 7am - 6pm

Friday 7am - 2:30pm

Saturday Closed

Sunday Closed

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