Move with Ease Again – Find Relief for Your Hip and Knee Pains
The connection between hip and knee pain
Pain in the hips and/or knees may be caused by the joints themselves, or it may be the result of dysfunctional movement in another part of the body.
Your hips and knees are part of the same kinetic chain, which means they are a group of weight-bearing joints that must work in unison for the body to function properly.
As a result, issues with your knees can lead to issues with your hips, and vice versa. Stress and deterioration may be placed on another part of the kinetic chain if one part of the chain is out of balance.
Common causes of hip and knee pain
Sitting! Sitting, even in the most perfect posture possible, causes your hip flexors and lumbar extensors to shorten, your abs and gluts to weaken. This creates hip tightness and lumbopelvic instability that we call lower cross syndrome. With enough sitting it is inevitable to have back or hip pain. If you must (like most of us) sit it is important to learn how to reverse the negative effects.
Overuse injuries such as tendinitis and chronic muscle strain are also common. Acute injuries, such as sprains, strains, ligament tears, dislocations, contusions, and muscle tears also benefit from physical therapy intervention.
What can physical therapy do for hip and knee pain relief?
You don’t have to let hip and knee pain hold you back – you can benefit from physical therapy. Our physical therapy treatments at Central Park Physical Therapy can help to alleviate (and even eliminate) hip and knee pain. This may prevent you from having to undergo costly and painful surgery.
One of our New York physical therapists will examine your hip and/or knee for signs of misalignment or structural damage, as well as your stance, posture, gait, and range of motion at your first appointment.
Following your physical exam, your physical therapists will create a physical therapy plan for you to relieve unnatural stress and strains. They will also work to improve your overall joint function so that you can resume your normal life.