Osteoarthritis

More than 7 million adults in the UK (15% of the population) have long-term health problems due to arthritis and related conditions. 25% of people over the age of 50 report long term knee pain, in one quarter of these the pain is disabling.

There are a number of ways in which physiotherapy can help you reduce the symptoms of osteoarthritis and improve your quality of life.

Treatment will include;

• Manual treatment to reduce stiffness in your joints and remedial massage to reduce chronic muscle pain and help restore normal muscle function
• A rehabilitation program to strengthening the muscles around the painful joint.
• Assess your biomechanics, often changing the position or stiffness in a remote joint can reduce the forces acting through a painful joint.
• Specific taping techniques can reduce the pressure on painful structures.
• Lifestyle advice
• Discuss dietary supplements and different forms of pain relief.
• Dietary advice and weight loss.

Physiotherapy can be very effective at reducing pain and stiffness in the knee, hip, back, neck and shoulder.

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