Knee pain is often caused by imbalances in other areas of the body like the hips and ankles rather than issues directly with the knee. An osteopath can examine the entire lower limb to determine the source of the imbalance and provide osteopathic treatment and a rehabilitation plan using exercises to improve mobility, muscle activation, and strength in order to restore optimal function to the lower limb and reduce knee pain. Common treatments involve stretching, range of motion exercises for the ankles, and strengthening exercises for the hips.

2. Knee pain:
 All too familiar for the avid runner, can be painful,
debilitating and disheartening.
 Particularly when it prevents you from doing the
things you love.
 You may have experienced the typical sharp pain from
a traumatic injury that athletes are all too familiar
with.

3. The most knee pain isn’t caused by
the knee at all!
 Although other knee pain can range from early
morning stiffness, tenderness when walking, aching
under the knee cap, pain when climbing upstairs,
clicking or even locking of the knee.
 However most knee pain isn’t caused by the knee at
all!

4. What is the Function of the Knee?
 The knee is a mobiliser of movement, meaning it helps
us achieve the movements required by our lower limbs
like walking, running, squatting and climbing.
 It is a joint that is directed by the hips and then the
ankles. The knee itself is not a driver of movement.
 So when we experience knee pain, it is often due to
imbalances or lack of motion experienced at the hips,
or lower down at the ankles.

5. So how do we correct knee pain?
 How do we heal and how do we prevent ongoing
damage?
 Good news is, there is hope! Consulting your
osteopath about full body functional screening will
help to determine where in the body the cause of the
imbalance is.
 By correcting this imbalance, using osteopathic
treatment and rehabilitation exercise, you can restore
the function of your lower limb.

6. What will an Osteopath do?
 Your osteopath will aim to improve the mobility of
your lower limb.
 As well as providing a rehabilitation plan using simple
stretching and exercises.
 Simple exercises to improve the range of motion of
your ankles and muscle activation exercises to help
balance the stress through the knee.
 They will also prescribe strengthening exercises to
improve the stability through the hips. This will all
contribute to more optimal lower limb function.

7. Contact Us:
Contact details:
gold coast clinic.
86 Quambone St
Worongary Gold Coast
phone. 07 5530 7921
opening hours.
Mon–Fri: 8.30am–6.00pm
Sat: 9am–12pm

8.  Visit our official page below:
 https://optimumwellbeing.com.au/osteopathy/
 We have three highly qualified osteopaths:
 Dr. Nick Bradley
 Dr. Ashton Wilson
 Dr. Josh Cutter
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