Three Tips to Solving Knee Pain - Even When Nothing Else Has Worked
Knee pain is one of the most common things that keep people from being as active as they would like. The problem with most traditional therapies is they fail to address the root cause of knee pain - leaving people with temporary relief that often comes back weeks (if not days later).
The root cause of MOST knee pain are movement issues that have been compounded over months to years. This includes how we move (movement patterning), how much movement we have (mobility) and our ability to control that movement (strength). If you don’t fix those three things, it’s a guarantee that knee pain will come back.
In this weeks article we take a look at three ways to improve movement to solve knee pain - even when nothing else has worked.
Unlocking at Your Hips (vs. Your Knees)
Movement patterning refers to how we coordinate movements to perform basic tasks (like bending forward or sitting). Learning to send your hips back (unlocking at the hips) when bending forward or sitting down, versus unlocking at the knees, will take pressure off the knee and help you avoid irritations at the knee and keeping your knee pain from coming back time and time again.
Mobilizing Your Ankles
Mobility refers to a joints ability to achieve it’s full range of motion. Stiff ankles is one of the most common causes of knee pain that we see in the clinic. Mobility issues lead to compensation patterns that put more load on the knee. It also limits our ability to absorb ground forces leading to higher impact at the knee with each step. Looking for ways to measure and improve your ankle mobility? Check the link below:
Building STRONG Hips
It’s also important to build strength to protect our joints. Most of the movement of our knee is controlled by muscles at the hip and any sort of deficiency, over time, will lead to more force at the knee and lead to knee pain that doesn’t go away with traditional therapies. Follow the link below to learn the EXACT hip strength progressions that we use in the clinic.
Movement patterning, mobility, and strength are the most important things solve knee pain and are most commonly overlooked by you doctor, physical therapist, or chiropractor. At Evolve Performance Healthcare we specialize in keeping people active, strong, and doing what they love - even when nothing else has worked.
If you’re dealing with knee pain that’s keeping you from being as active as you would like - set up a time to speak to one of our knee pain specialists and see if we can help you.
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