Treatment for Joint Pain and Stiffness
What is Joint Pain and Stiffness?
Joint pain and stiffness can occur due to several possible reasons such as injuries, overuse, and chronic conditions. This discomfort is usually felt in your hands, feet, hips, knees, or spine. Pain in your joints may be constant or can come and go. Sometimes your joints can feel stiff, achy, or sore. It can also be stiff in the morning but loosen up and feel better with movement and activity.
A range of conditions like osteoarthritis, bursitis, tendon or ligament injuries, gout, or rheumatoid arthritis can cause joint pain and stiffness.
Our Treatment for Joint Pain and Stiffness
We use a range of physiotherapy modalities and techniques to treat joint pain and stiffness. This includes joint manipulation or mobilisation, massage therapy, acupuncture treatment or dry needling, electrotherapy, taping techniques to protect joints, and exercise programmes to mobilise and strengthen injured joints.
Physiotherapy is a holistic and long-term treatment for joint pain and stiffness. This is done through advice and education on exercise, pain relief, and ways to improve your joint movement and strengthen your muscles. By improving joint health and reducing pain, physiotherapy can help reduce the need for pain medication or other medications used to manage joint pain and stiffness.
Let Us Help You Relieve Pain
Joint pain and stiffness do not have to be debilitating. Our physiotherapists are highly trained and qualified to help you manage your condition. We understand that pain can be very unpleasant to experience, so we make it our mission to improve your condition from the moment you walk through the door.
At an initial assessment with us, we will find out your medical history, past injuries, and lifestyle factors to understand the context of your joint pain and stiffness. We will then do a physical examination to find out the range of movement, muscle strength, alignment, and any signs of inflammation. This helps us evaluate how the pain affects your everyday life, mobility, as well as any specific movements that worsen the pain. These factors determine the type of treatments we recommend.
