Knee Pain Treatment Burnside
Integrated assessment and management for knee pain
Do You Have Ongoing Knee Pain or Discomfort?
Knee pain can impact a range of day-to-day activities including walking, exercise, stair climbing, and work-related movement. Assessment and management may help identify contributing factors and suitable treatment approaches.
SA Running Injury Clinic offers assessment and management for knee pain, with treatment plans tailored to factors such as movement patterns, biomechanics, and foot posture. Our approach focuses on understanding the contributing factors associated with your symptoms and activity levels.
Understanding Knee Function, Movement, and Pain
Knee function relies on the coordination of multiple structures including bones, cartilage, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Factors such as injury, repetitive loading, altered biomechanics, or muscle weakness may contribute to knee pain and movement-related symptoms.
The knee joint involves the kneecap (patella), thigh bone (femur), and shin bone (tibia), along with surrounding muscles, ligaments, tendons, cartilage, and blood vessels. Together, these structures contribute to stability, movement, load distribution, and shock absorption during daily activities and exercise.
The knee joint plays an important role in movements such as walking, stepping, squatting, and changing direction through its ability to bend and straighten the leg. The structures surrounding the knee help support stability, movement, and load distribution during daily activity and exercise. Factors such as altered biomechanics, muscle weakness, overuse, or injury may contribute to increased stress on structures including the ACL, PCL, MCL, patellar tendon, and surrounding lower limb tissues.
When knee pain or movement concerns develop, assessment may help identify the structures and contributing factors involved. Knee symptoms can affect daily activities, mobility, exercise participation, and overall lower limb function, which is why early assessment and appropriate management may be beneficial.
Common Causes of Knee Pain
Many factors may contribute to knee pain, including physical activity levels, joint loading, biomechanics, previous injuries, muscle weakness, and repetitive movements. Awareness of these contributing factors may help support ongoing knee health and activity participation.
Some common contributing factors associated with knee pain may include:
- Repetitive loading from activities such as running, jumping, or squatting
- Additional loading through the knee joints associated with excess body weight
- Altered posture, biomechanics, or movement patterns, including flat feet or inward rotation through the knees or hips
- Biomechanical and technique-related factors during sport or exercise that may contribute to increased knee stress
- Lower activity levels may affect muscle strength, flexibility, and joint mobility, potentially influencing the support and stability provided around the knee.
- Wearing footwear that is unsupportive, heavily worn, or poorly fitted may influence foot posture, lower limb alignment, and loading through the knee joint.
- Previous injuries such as falls, sporting incidents, ligament injuries, or fractures involving the knee or lower limb
- Changes associated with ageing, including degeneration of cartilage and joint structures within the knee
Find a better quality of life with knee pain treatment at SA Running Injury Clinic.
Common Knee Injuries and Conditions We Provide Care For
With a commitment to being proficient in specific things rather than attempting to be a jack-of-all-trades, our focus lies in offering complete and detailed treatment for your knee pain Adelaide. This is achieved using an evidence-supported approach and methodologies grounded in our extensive experience and insight. Three common ailments often observed at our clinic include:
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome
A common overuse injury known as Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome affects the iliotibial band, a robust band of connective tissue that courses along the thigh's outside. This disorder can prompt lateral knee discomfort and inflammation, hindering mobility and influencing prolonged standing situations.
Runner's Knee, or patellofemoral pain syndrome as it's also referred to, is a condition marked by pain at the front area of the kneecap. This pain can affect actions that require the bending of the knee.
Knee arthritis transpires when the preserving cartilage of the knee joint erodes faster than its ability to regenerate. As this continues, the lack of cartilage culminates in a bone-on-bone friction scenario, generating inflammation and resulting in knee joint pain.
Assessment and Treatment Options for Knee Pain
Our assessment process considers your symptoms, lifestyle, movement patterns, and activity goals to help guide a personalised management plan. Treatment approaches are tailored to your individual needs and presentation.
Management approaches may include:
Tight Muscle Release
In cases where the muscles that buttress your knee are stiff, we can concentrate on liberating the area using practices such as stretching, massages, and Dry Needling.
Strengthening
Robust muscles are essential to let the knee endure abrupt shifts in force, load, and trajectory, bear your body weight, and offer a full motion range. A customised strengthening and rehabilitation plan developed by us can enhance your knee's fortitude.
Related Injury Treatment
Your knee can be influenced by ailments and injuries in other parts of your body. We'll evaluate prior problems like issues with the lower back or pelvis that could be affecting your knee.
Biomechanical Assessment
The knee's function can be considerably affected by the feet's alignment and biomechanics. Addressing problems like improper walking or running can be done through custom orthotics.
Footwear Advice
Understanding your foot profile and specific requirements is important in choosing the correct shoes. We can advise you on appropriate sneaker models, for example.
Gait Retraining
Walking and running styles differ among individuals due to various body shapes, activities, and limitations. If your gait is detrimental to your knee's comfort and mobility, we can help with gait modification and refinement of your running technique.
Training Modification
Training either too much or too little can tamper with the alignment, vigour, and movement of your knee. We can provide help in tailoring your running or training plan to make the best of your endeavours.
Strapping
When a weakness or injury triggers pain, strapping or taping might assist in facilitating the healing process.
GLA: D Program
For knee pain resulting from osteoarthritis, we can direct you to an exclusive program that concentrates on your specific goals and necessities.
Your Knee Pain Questions Answered
While knee pain can affect anyone, certain individuals are more prone to developing it. Factors such as advanced age, previous knee injuries, obesity, participation in high-impact sports or activities, and certain medical conditions like arthritis can increase the risk of developing knee pain.
It depends on the severity and cause of the knee pain. In some cases, modifying or adjusting your exercise routine, incorporating low-impact activities, and seeking professional guidance may allow you to continue exercising safely. It is important to listen to your body (and your SA Running Clinic therapist!) to promote healing and prevent further damage.
To help prevent knee pain and injury, it can be beneficial to maintain a healthy weight, engage in regular exercise to strengthen the muscles around the knee, use proper form and technique during physical activities, wear appropriate footwear, incorporate rest and recovery into your routine, and seek guidance to prevent or treat issues.
If you experience severe pain, sudden swelling, inability to bear weight, movement limitations, or pain that persists despite rest and self-care measures, it is recommended to seek professional attention as these could be signs of a serious knee injury or underlying condition.
We will conduct a thorough assessment of your situation and identify the underlying factors to determine the type and cause of your knee pain. We may recommend seeing a doctor for certain concerns or to facilitate relevant tests.
In many cases, walking may be beneficial for knee pain as it can help to strengthen the muscles around the knee, improve joint flexibility, increase the production of synovial fluid and promote overall joint health. However, sometimes walking may be counterproductive or risk further damage, so it can be pertinent to start with gentle and low-impact walking and gain advice from your therapist based on your specific condition.
Arthritis in the knee can cause various symptoms such as pain, stiffness, swelling, warmth, and tenderness around the joint. It may feel like a dull ache, sharp pain, or a sensation of grinding or locking within the joint, depending on the severity and type of arthritis.
For many cases of knee pain, surgery is not necessary. There is a range of non-surgical treatments, such as physical therapy and lifestyle modifications that can reduce pain, improve function, and promote healing.
Why Visit Us For Your Knee Pain?
At SA Running Injury Clinic, we utilise a wealth of experience and high-quality resources to facilitate the best care possible.
Holistic and Comprehensive Treatment
We deem it essential to look further than the overt signs, investigating your matters more comprehensively to uncover and refine the root factors.
Latest Technological Advances
In alignment with modern technological advancements and facilities, our clinic is prepared to offer you an impressive variety of treatment choices.
Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Our network of referrals includes physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, massage therapists, and osteopaths. This allows us to construct a treatment strategy that encompasses numerous facets, augmenting our capacity to assist you.
Improve Knee Pain and Mobility at SA Running Injury Clinic
If you are experiencing knee pain, you know how difficult it can be to keep up with day-to-day life, especially when it is often associated with reduced mobility or the ability to bear weight. Seeking professional advice and treatment is often the best way to find relief and improvement, and that is where our team can help you.
At our clinics, we provide care for patients from Walkerville, Unley, Prospect, St Peters, Brompton, Norwood, Thebarton, Mile End, Parkside, Glenside, Fullarton, Burnside, Highgate, Myrtle Bank, Glenunga, and surrounding areas. Please call us today to organise an appointment with one of our friendly and experienced therapists so we can begin working with you!
