Anterior knee pain is described as pain felt on the front of your knee. People who develop this pain can find it restrictive when completing sporting activities to sitting down.
Anyone can suffer from anterior knee pain throughout their Life, some conditions are more specific to certain age ranges however the majority can be caused at any age and any activity level.
The difficulty with anterior knee pain is that there can be a multitude of causes, Osgood Shlatter disease in teenagers, Osteoarthritis as you get older, Patella tendonitis and many more related to juts the knee. However with anterior knee pain it can also be caused by hip instability, ankle instability, and your biomechanics. Then just to make this even more difficult to diagnose it can be caused by a mixture of knee, ankle or hip related problems and can become a chicken and egg situation.
So how can this be treated? GP’s will often prescribe NSAIDS this is a medical term for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Ibuprofen. Others are Advised RRICE Relative rest, ice, compression, elevation. However these both focus on treating the symptoms and not the root cause of conditions. As a physiotherapist I can assess your joints, biomechanics and create tailored exercise programmes, advice to return to activities whether high level sport or walking to the shops. As well as being able to look into individual treatments to reduce the risk of reoccurrence we can also look at options that can give temporary relief for important activities whilst continuing your treatment.
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