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We understand that living with discomfort in these areas can be debilitating, affecting your daily life and overall well-being. Our goal is to provide you with valuable insights and effective therapies to alleviate your symptoms and enhance your quality of life.
Knee pain is a common complaint that affects people of all ages. Knee pain may be the result of an injury, such as a ruptured ligament or torn cartilage. Knee pain can be caused by injuries, mechanical problems, types of arthritis and other problems.
The location and severity of knee pain may vary, depending on the cause of the problem. Signs and symptoms that sometimes accompany knee pain include:
A knee injury can affect any of the ligaments, tendons or fluid-filled sacs (bursae) that surround your knee joint as well as the bones, cartilage and ligaments that form the joint itself. Some of the more common knee injuries include:
The main goal of physical therapy is to improve your daily quality of life by decreasing your pain and increasing your mobility. If you have pain or difficulty getting up and down from a chair, walking the distance of a grocery store, going up and down stairs, or have been avoiding some of these activities due to pain, stiffness or weakness, it is likely that physical therapy can help.
At the Hobson Institute, physical therapy treatments for knee pain may include:
Heat, ice, ultrasound, electrical stimulation or athletic taping may be part of your physical therapy program as well. Your physical therapist can also provide advice on the use of braces, orthotics and assistive devices. Your physical therapist will also work with you to create a comprehensive home exercise program that will help you maintain your quality of life beyond your therapy sessions.
Hip pain is a common complaint that can be caused by a wide variety of problems.
Problems within the hip joint itself tend to result in pain on the inside of the hip or the groin. Hip pain on the outside of the hip, upper thigh or outer buttock is usually caused by problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons and other soft tissues that surround the hip joint.
Hip pain can also sometimes be caused by diseases and conditions in other areas of the body, such as the lower back. This type of pain is called referred pain.
The main goal of our physical therapy at Hobson Institute is to improve your daily quality of life by decreasing your pain and increasing your mobility.
We can examine your strength and range of motion, check your balance and functional abilities (like walking and stair climbing), ask you your goals, and then come up with a personalized treatment plan to relieve your hip pain and restore your mobility.
Physical therapy treatments for hip pain may include: stretching, strengthening, balance training, gait training, joint mobilization/stabilization. Heat, ice, ultrasound, or electrical stimulation may be part of your physical therapy program as well. Our physical therapists can also provide advice on the use of orthotics and assistive devices. They will also work with you to create a comprehensive home exercise program that will help you maintain your quality of life beyond your therapy sessions.
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