Chronic knee pain?
Heard a 'pop' in the knee joint or have a meniscal tear?
Considering getting arthroscopy surgery to the knee?
Have ITBand syndrome and/or hip bursitis?
Want to avoid a total knee replacement in the future?
Knee function is fully related to the hip. If the hip does not have full mobility [flexion, extension, external rotation (opening), internal rotation], two places will take up the slack: the low back and the knee (and into the foot/ankle).
Key things to restore: hip internal rotation mobility and reducing tension/tone of the outside quad and outside hamstring muscles. [per below]
Once those loosen and you have return of motion, the knee joint itself must be mobilized to decrease stress felt at either joint line of the knee.
Releases
Hip mobilization with motion
Best physical therapy practice is to address mechanics of the BODY and not just one joint or area. We are complex, dynamic beings and to intervene with 3 exercises, 2 stretches, and localized treatment does not provide true, long-term relief. Make sure the hip to knee to ankle to foot is addressed and not only on one side!
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