Part 4: What Can You Do To Reduce Your Chronic Knee Pain?

This is Part 4 of 5 blog posts about the 5 questions you need to ask yourself when it comes to your knee pain. So now that your knee pain has become chronic (lasting longer than 3 weeks) what treatment options do you really have to get relief?

What can you do to reduce your chronic knee pain?

At this point, you have two main options, conservative or non-conservative treatments. Common conservative treatments may include a combination of the following:

• Physical Therapy: A Physical Therapist can evaluate you to uncover your impairments and then design/guide you through a progressive home exercise program to address your individual impairments.

• Activity Modification: Take time to think about your triggers and try to minimize the aggravation by replacing high impact activities (running, jumping) with lower impact activities (walking, hiking, cycling, swimming), walk on asphalt or dirt paths instead of concrete, and try to avoid heavy lifting/aggressive exercises. Try taking a rest day between your workouts or alternating your cardio and strength training. 

• Anti-Inflammatories: Topicals (Voltaren, Arnica, Biofreeze), NSAIDS pills (Advil, Aleve), CBD (topical, edible, sublingual), and supplements (Tumeric and Curcermin) 

• Injections

  • Cortisone (Anti-Inflammatory)

  • Visco Supplementation (Lubrication)

Non-conservative treatments may include a combination of following:

• Arthroscopic Minimally Invasive Surgery

• Total or Partial Joint Replacement

If you do not know where to start consult with your physical therapist and they can help you through your options and design the best plan for your knee pain relief.

If you cannot wait for the roll out of the remaining blog posts you can catch all the information at once in the video below.