Whether from an injury or the wear and tear of life, dealing with chronic knee pain in your everyday activities can be disheartening and frustrating. Physical therapy is a way to help the body prevent, treat, and recover from injury and ailments. At Twin Boro Physical Therapy, our experts have years of experience helping patients from diagnosis through to recovery. Residents of North Brunswick should look no further than Twin Boro Physical Therapy North Brunswick to get started today.
Twin Boro Physical Therapy has led the charge in evidence-based physical therapy care since 1980. Our expert physical therapists, hand therapists, and occupational therapists pride themselves of continually learning to latest evidence-based methods to ensure patients have access to the latest treatments available. Many of our experts have over 25 years of experience, and then experience—when combined with a dedicated to learning the latest science—leads to truly outstanding results.
When you seek physical therapy, you are putting your trust in the hands of your physical therapist. At Twin Boro Physical Therapy, we do not take this trust lightly. Every patient is treated with commitment, compassion, and respect so that they feel confident in their care and in control of their health.
How Can Physical Therapy Help People With Knee Pain?
Physical therapy helps people will knee pain address underlying reasons for their symptoms, identify and change unhealthy behaviors, and improve their overall physical fitness and wellbeing. When you begin physical therapy, you are beginning a journey that involves comprehensive wellness education and action.
Your physical therapist will help you set overall goals, milestones, and lifestyle modifications. When you work with your physical therapist to help address conditions of the knee, you will work towards goals such as:
Reducing Knee Pain. Perhaps first and foremost, you will work with your physical therapist to reduce pain associated with your particular condition of the knee. Sometimes, physical exercise in general will provide huge improvements to the knee related to increasing strength, stability, and reducing excess weight.
Improving cardiovascular fitness. When you improve overall cardiovascular fitness, you can often increase your body’s metabolism, reduce excess weight, improve overall heart health, and reduce inflammation and pain in the body. To avoid further knee aggravation, you will usually be recommended low-impact cardio exercises such as swimming.
Improving strength and flexibility. Continual movement and exercise can help to improve the strength and flexibility of the muscles in the leg, helping to stabilize the knee and reduce pressure on the joint overall.
Improving gait. Sometimes, irregularities with your gait that develop from knee discomfort can further aggravate the joint and lead to downstream problems. Your physical therapist can help you identify these issues and improve your movement dynamics.
Improve overall movement and activity levels. When you work with a physical therapist, they will help you to increase your overall activity levels and movement to decrease stiffness in the joints and help to restore normal range of motion. You may start with passive movements and over time scale to active movements.
Ready to Begin?
Physical therapy has a range of benefits that can help you to reduce knee pain and improve overall physical health. When residents of North Brunswick work with experts at Twin Boro Physical Therapy in North Brunswick, they can feel confident they are on the best path to recovery. To get started today, call 732.554.0322 or visit our website.
