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Physiotherapy clinic in Tambaram Are you Looking for Physiotherapy Treatment in Tambaram, Sunshine Super Speciality Physiotherapy Clinic, We Provide Electrotherapy, Exercise and Manual Therapy, Orthopedic, Neuro, Cardio, Pediatric, Sports and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Post Operative Physiotherapy Treatment, Fracture Rehabilitation, pain free movement. 🔻Knee Osteoarthritis is typically the result of wear and tear and progressive loss of articular cartilage. It is most common in elderly people. ▪Common clinical symptoms include▫ ∆Knee pain that is gradual in onset and worsens with activity ∆Knee stiffness and swelling ∆Pain after prolonged sitting or resting ∆Crepitus or a cracking sound with joint movement ∆Loss of range of movement ∆Pain on joint line palpation ∆Joint enlargement. 💎Diagnosis X-ray is used to research breakdown of cartilage, narrowing of joint space, forming of bone spurs and to exclude other causes of pain in the affected joint. Arthrocentesis: This is a procedure which can be performed at the doctor’s office. A sterile needle is used to take samples of joint fluid which can then be examined for cartilage fragments, infection or gout. Arthroscopy: is a surgical technique where a camera is inserted in the affected joint to obtain visual information about the damage caused to the joint by the OA. MRI. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Provides a view that offers better images of cartilage and other structures to detect early abnormalities typical of osteoarthritis. 🔶Interventions🔶 1- Patient education +Understanding what OA is +Explaining pain +Explain long term management of OA +Educate regarding activity modification +Role of weight loss +Promote active, healthy lifestyle 2- Exercise therapy(Walking, cycling , aquatic exercises , Range of motion exercises, Strengthening exercises for muscles of lower limb) 3- Activity modification 4- Advice on weight loss 5- Knee bracing (Offloading-type braces which shift the load away from the involved knee) 6- Pharmacological management -Acetaminophen -(NSAIDs) -COX-2 inhibitors -Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate -Corticosteroid injections -Hyaluronic acid (HA) 7- Hydrotherapy - this may be particularly helpful if pain is very high and analgesia is not tolerated. It can be useful to build up strength and reduce stiffness around the knee joint in a non-weight bearing position. 8- Taping - works to offload the joint similar to bracing, this is useful in the short term. A systematic review shows elastic taping leads to no significant change in WOMAC score for improvement of pain in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis and alternative conservative treatments to elastic taping should be explored if OA knee pain persists for more than 21 days. 9- Manual therapy - effective to improve ROM according to a systematic review, manual therapy (mobilisation with movement, passive joint mobilisation, patellar mobilisation therapy ) and exercises effectively reduce knee pain and increase functionality. However, further research is needed to determine the long-term effects of manual therapy on knee OA. 10- Massage - may be useful to control pain in some subjects, but this has low evidence to show its effectiveness #osteoarthritis #kneepain #kneepainrelief #kneeosteoarthritis #physicaltherapy #physiotherapy #exercise SUNSHINE ® SUPER SPECIALITY PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC - #DrParthiban #Sunshinephysioclinic.in #Physiotherapyclinicintambaram DR.M.P. PARTHIBAN.M.P.T (Ortho), Chief Orthopedic Physiotherapist, Call for Appointments: - 9345122177 East Tambaram, CHENNAI