Sixty-nine-year-old Mary Anne Laporte was diagnosed with knee arthritis 15 years ago. For years, she kept the pain under control with steroid injections and physical therapy, but when she began ...
With the exponential growth of the aging segment of the population, physical therapy clinics are treating larger proportions of patients with arthritic conditions. Arthritis is a leading cause of ...
The clinical manifestations and impact of arthritis is compounded by the natural changes of aging. Physical therapy interventions provide a comprehensive approach to the management of ...
Even when knee replacement surgery is successful, stiffness in the knee joint can remain. People with a stiff knee after surgery may be unable to fully straighten the leg, to bend the knee, or both.
reduced knee pain in people with obesity and knee osteoarthritis. Experts say the reduced knee pain actually comes from weight loss, not the medication itself, as losing weight is known to improve ...