KNEE PAIN AGGRAVATED BY STAIRS

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KNEE PAIN AGGRAVATED BY STAIRS
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I have had knee pain for the past four months
after twisting my knee at a worksite. My MRI
looked pretty bad with cartilage tears and
arthritis. I was an athlete in my younger years
and tore my knees up playing football. The
orthopedist drained my knee and told me that I
would need a scope to clean everything out. It
felt better after he drained it, but I still had
a lot of pain walking and moving it, which
hindered my ability to inspect worksites. The
doctor gave me a prescription for therapy, and
my insurance offered VPT. Because I travel to
different states for work, I thought virtual
would be a good option to get my knee stronger
for surgery.
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I was able to connect with my therapist, Aideen
from my hotel room just using the app on my
phone. The therapist asked me to move my knee and
squat, but everything was painfull. She
explained why I could not fully straighten my
knee and gave me an exercise to do. I could not
believe how much better I felt the next day! She
checked in with me by e-mail and when I had a
follow- up visit the next week I was able to
squat. It still hurt a bit, but I was able to
move so much better and was more confident
walking around the worksites. I am now able to do
everything again and would definitely recommend
VPT because of the convenience!. Joe R.
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A mechanical assessment revealed that Joe had
pain during movement and loss of knee extension
as well as some loss of flexion. He was unable to
squat on his left knee passed 30 degrees because
of severe pain. He also had difficulty
navigating stairs, especially descending and was
unable to kneel. Through repeated testing, we
were able to recognize that Joe had a directional
preference to extension. This movement was
painful, but the more he did it, the more motion
he regained, and his pain decreased. We then
progressed to applying overpressure into
extension. After only two visits over seven days,
he was able to fully squat and navigate stairs
with minimal pain. He continued his
exercises independently and two weeks later
reported feeling 95. Aideen Turner, MPT,
Cert. MDT A Mechanical Assessment to determine
the cause of pain followed by Patient Education
to Empower leads to the BEST outcome!
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