KNEE PAIN
1. Knee Pain Symptoms
– Redness and warmth to touch
– Stiffness and swelling
– Instability or weakness
– Not being able to straighten the knees fully
– Crunching sound in knee with pain
2. Causes for Knee Pain
– Injuries
– Mechanical
– Loose body in tissues
– Arthritis
3. When you are to visit Physiotherapist
– When you cannot bear your weight on your knees, nerve pain in your knee, or if it feels to be unstable almost giving out out.
– When you have some some marked knee swellings.
– When not quite able to fully extend or flex out your knees.
– When you See any obvious deformity in your knee or sharp pain in the knee.
– When having a fever, redness, swelling, and pain in your knee areas.
– When suffering from significant knee pain associated with any previous injury.
– If you have sharp stabbing pain in the knee comes and goes.
4. Risks to Knee injury
– Extra weight
– Lack of muscle strength or flexibility
– Certain occupations or sports
– Any previous injury
5. How to Prevent
– Keep thise extra kilos off your main body weight
– Be in your shape to play your favorite sport
– Practice movement patterns perfectly
– Be strong with a good protein and calcium diet and also stay flexible
6. Physiotherapist Advice on Acute knee pain
– Apply ice to your knee at least three times per day for periods of at least 20 min.
– Try walking as normally as you can.
– Rest your legs as much as necessary.
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