Joint Physical Therapy
Joint Pain Physical Therapy
Hands-On Therapy. Long-term, Effective Joint Pain Relief
What Causes Joint Pain?
Joints in the body are where two bones meet and your body has over 300 joints. Joints provide mechanical support and the cartilage covering the ends of the bones allows smooth movement at joints.
There are many conditions that can lead to pain in your joints including osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), bursitis or overuse or an acute injury. Common areas of joint pain include knee, shoulder, hip and ankles. When someone develops osteoarthritis (OA), the cartilage that acts as a cushion at the ends of most bones gets worn away causing bone on bone contact. This leads to pain, stiffness and difficulty movement. Osteoarthritis (OA) is degenerative joint disease or ‘wear-and-tear’ arthritis and is the most common type of arthritis.
Signs & Symptoms
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Joint pain can be related to inflammation from the cartilage, bone, ligaments, tendons or muscles around the joint.
- Swelling around joint
- Redness around joint
- Tenderness and warmth around the joint
- Lack of joint mobility
With joint pain, you may experience the following:
Why PT?
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Physical therapists are medical professionals with a graduate degree and clinical experience. They have the ability to examine, diagnose, treat and help prevent conditions that hinder movement. Movement can be anything from getting out of bed to walking around your neighborhood. Your treatment could include a combination of methods that address muscular pain:
- Manual therapy: Hands-on techniques to mobilize your muscles and joints to improve their motion, flexibility, and strength.
- Custom exercises: Build strength in the muscles surrounding the joint to stabilize weakened joints.
- Modalities: Depending on how best to manage your specific levels of pain, ice, heat, electrical stimulation or ultrasound may be used to complement your treatment.
- Postural education: Educations around body mechanics for common daily activities to cushion joints and lessen pain
About Therapydia NOLA
Better Physical Therapy Experience
At Therapydia NOLA, our physical therapists offer one-on-one, hands-on joint pain treatment. You’ll spend your entire with one of our expert therapists – we won’t hand you off to a PT assistant or aide. We’ll help you understand what’s causing your pain, what you can do to relieve your pain and ways to prevent reoccurring injuries. We’ll utilize the latest hands-on physical therapy to speed up your recovery. Best of all, you’re covered. Therapydia works with and provides billing for most PPO insurance groups and Medicare. We also accept cash-based payments.
- Lifetime Wellness
- Hands-On-Care
- Quality Treatment