The joint itself
Range of motion, swelling, stability and where exactly the pain sits. Front, inside, outside and behind all suggest different things.
Knee pain care that does not start with surgery
Plenty of knees that hurt do not need replacing, and plenty of knee pain is not coming from the knee joint itself. Working out which is which is the point of the first visit.
- Examination before any plan
- No injections, no surgery
- Serving Odessa, Trinity, Land O' Lakes, Lutz
The knee is usually the victim, not the culprit
The knee sits between the hip and the ankle and absorbs what both of them fail to handle. A stiff ankle, a weak hip or an altered walking pattern will load the knee in ways it was not built for, and the knee is where it hurts.
That is why knee pain treated only at the knee so often returns. The examination looks above and below the joint as well as at it.
What gets assessed
Hip and ankle
Restriction or weakness above or below changes how the knee is loaded with every step.
How you load it
Walking, standing from a chair, and stairs. Pain that appears only on stairs or only descending points somewhere specific.
Whether this needs a surgeon
Some knees do. A locked knee, significant instability or a knee that will not bear weight gets referred.
Being clear about what is not offered here
No injections of any kind are given at this clinic. No cortisone, no platelet rich plasma, no stem cell injections, no hyaluronic acid.
StemWave is an acoustic wave device applied through the skin. Despite the name it does not involve stem cells and nothing is introduced into your body. If you are specifically seeking injectable regenerative medicine, this is not the right clinic and you should be told that before you book.
Common questions
Can this help me avoid a knee replacement?
Sometimes, and sometimes not. A knee with severe structural damage may genuinely need replacing, and conservative care will not change that. What conservative care can address is pain, function and loading in knees that are not yet at that point. The examination is what tells you which you have.
Is this just exercises?
Movement and loading correction is part of it, because a knee that is badly loaded keeps getting irritated. It is combined with hands on care, StemWave and Class IV laser depending on findings.
I already have a scan showing arthritis.
Arthritis on imaging is extremely common and correlates loosely with pain. Plenty of people have significant findings and little pain, and the reverse is also true. Bring the scan and it gets read alongside the examination rather than instead of it.
Do you take insurance?
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Request an examination
Tell us where the knee hurts and what makes it worse.