Tag Archives: Knee Pain

Knee Arthritis, Should I Stop Doing Exercise?

Why You Shouldn’t Stop Doing Exercise? Right exercises and appropriate volume of it would help with your knee arthritis. Let’s see how it works, It Helps Easing Arthritis Pain Exercise can keep your joint nourished and through exercises, our body will release some chemicals called endorphins, which help you to relieve stress, improve mood, reduce…

How to Prevent Runner’s Knee?

Do you have pain in and around the kneecap when you run, climb stairs, or are just being active? Or, do you have pain when you sit for too long with the knees bent? Is this accompanied with some feeling of weakness and instability? Do you hear grinding, rubbing, or clicking noise when you bend…

Knee Pain in Teenagers, What To Do?

Do you have a child who has just recently had a growth spurt and is now complaining of knee pain at the front of the knee?  This is a very common problem that a lot of my patient’s kids face. It is especially common in kids who are active in sports. There is a name…

Quadriceps Strength – ACL Injuries

In the final post of this ACL series, we look at an important determining factor, quadriceps strength, which affects your recovery and chances of re-injuring the knee again. This is factor stands out amongst the others we have mentioned. Therefore, we will explain more about how you and your physiotherapist can address this issue. Why…

Do I Need Surgery for My Torn ACL?

Over the years, we have seen an increase in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries that have come to my clinic. This could be due to the multitude of factors. However, a common question that has always come up is, “ Do I Need Surgery?”. In this week’s blog, we discuss more about this. What Is…

ACL Reconstruction – Can I Start Running?

Continuing on from last week’s blog, another common question we get when it comes to the rehabilitation of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is,  “when can I start running again?”. However, the answer we always give is, “it depends”. In this week’s blog, we share more about why we give this answer.  Additionally, we touch…

Knee Osteoarthritis-The 5 Symptoms You May Have

Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) is a very common knee complain amongst people especially after midlife. It commonly affect ones function and levels of activity. However, early diagnosis and treatment can help to manage the symptoms of knee OA. Today we are going to talk about 5 symptoms that you have have knee OA. What is Knee…