Quay Fitness Physiotherapist explains why your knee hurts?
Welcome to the latest Quay Fitness Physiotherapy inservice, located in Sydney’s CBD finance district Circular Quay. It is running season again and everyone is getting their runners on to enjoy the Circular Quay & Sydney CBD sunshine. So you entered the City to Surf Marathon and then thought you might like to try the Blackmores Half Marathon or maybe even the JP Morgan Chase & Co Corporate Challenge, along the line you picked up a niggle in the knee. It started out simply as a pretty small twinge but it hasn’t settled and your worried it isn’t going to settle and that it may even be brewing into something more damaging. Well your not alone, so its time to seek some advice and possibly even a exercise program to correct any asymmetries. 
Quay Fitness Physiotherapist diagnosed symptoms:
Pain with stairs especially going down stairs
Clicking with pain
Diffuse ache with walking
Point specific sharp pain at the base of the knee cap
Pain while sitting at the desk for prolonged periods
Pain even when rising from a sitting position
Tight quads and hamstrings especially along the outside of the thigh, the dreaded ITB!
Diagnosis may indicate one of the following:
Patello femoral pain syndrome
Iliotibial band syndrome
Fat pad impingement
Ligament deficiency partial tear of ACL / PCL
Pes anserine bursitis
Pre patella bursitis
Meniscus tears or bruising
Chondral surface lesions or bruising
Collateral ligament damage
Patella tendinopathy
Hamstring tendinosis
Popliteus tendinopathy
Baker’s Cyst
Synovial Plica
An example of a hamstring tendon rupture
Quay Fitness Physiotherapist treatment:
Accurate diagnosis of muscle dysfunction including weaknesses and tightness of the entire running system
Orthopaedic testing of specific cruciate ligaments and the meniscus
Release of tight muscles through soft tissue massage myofascial releases, acupuncture
Strengthening of weaknesses
Gait analysis and correction through exercise and orthotics where necessary
Cryotherapy and taping as necessary
So come down to our Circular Quay practice so we can diagnose your knee pain and set you a course of healing, that way you can get back to a pain free state and a quick return to all those sports you love doing.