PT Notes

🔴What advice you should give to the patients of knee osteoarthritis?🔴 👉Start wearing knee offloading brace during any activities 👉Start physical therapy. As it may give you some effect like pain relief and improved joint mobility. 👉 Reduce your weight to offload your joint(best way). So follow any diet plan or hire dietician 👉You can go for the joint health supplements like combination tablets of, glucosamine, collagen type 2, chondroitin and diacerin. (After your doctors advice) 👉For osteoporosis, start calcium rich diet and nutrition. You can also go for the PTH injection (teraparatide injection) if your doctor advices you. 👉Other options - PRP therapy and cartilage regeneration therapy. 🔴 Do and Don'ts 👉Start wearing knee offloading brace while doing any activities 👉Avoid sitting on the floor with legs crossed (sit on chair) 👉use Western toilet 🚽 👉Avoid squating position. 👉Don't stand for the long time. 👉Don't climb the stairs repeatedly 👉Put ice pack and hot pack on knee joint alternatively 👉Use pillow between legs while sleeping on one side 👉Decrease the body weight if possible 🔴 Suggested physical therapy exercises Ankle toe movement Quadriceps setting exercise Quadriceps stretching (should be pain-free) SLR exercise VMO exercise Knee joint and patella (knee cap) mobilization Calf and hamstring Stretching Knee bending exercise Pillow squeeze between legs Heel raise

Lower limb orthopaedic Physiotherapy notes (5m)