The most common symptom of this damage is swelling around the knee joint. If you are experiencing this, your physical therapist can provide flex and extend exercises that reduce the swelling and other painful symptoms. Doing so will also help restore the mobility of the joint.
A tendon is what helps to move the bone or structure, and a ligament is the fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone. Tendons are found throughout the body, from the head and neck all the way down to the feet.
The largest tendon is the body is the Achilles tendon, which attaches the calf muscle to the heel bone. Along the same lines, ligaments are a series of intertwined cords that bind the bones together.
They contain some elastic fibers that allow the joint to move. The ligaments are located around the knees, ankles, elbows, shoulders, and other joints. If you seek physical therapy for treatment for torn ligaments or tendons, we will prescribe a combination of techniques to relieve pain and improve coordination, strength, and flexibility. We might also suggest treating the injury with heat or cold, or suggest other methods like electrical stimulation, ultrasounds, or a massage.
If you need healing for nerve damage, cartilage, ligaments, or tendons, call us at or contact us online. A migraine is no common headache. The pain can be so intense that it can be debilitating. Unfortunately, migraines are common in When Michael Phelps competed in historic fashion in the Rio Olympics, people were talking. Cartilage is an unsung hero in our body. Without it, we would experience bones grinding on each other and not be able to withstand shock such as running or going down stairs.
This soft tissue makes pain-free movement possible. If you overuse a joint or suffer from degeneration, you may lose cartilage sooner than others. Those who are at risk for cartilage injury or tears include younger athletes who suffer an injury, and older adults who are experiencing age-related wear-and-tear of cartilage. If you think you may have endured a cartilage injury or tear, seek medical care from an expert.
The sooner the better. If left untreated, you could continue to experience pain and other symptoms as well as impeded function of the joint with the cartilage damage. You may also have difficulty doing your normal daily activities as the injury worsens. A main risk of leaving a cartilage injury untreated is the joint damage that can occur from a lack of proper bone protection.
This joint damage can manifest in deformities, misalignment, and limited movement. In severe cases, bone-on-bone grinding can produce bone fragments that may cause damage to nearby muscles, nerves, and other soft tissues. Sometimes this might involve only several visits over the course of time.
Other times more intensive or frequent care might be indicated. The therapists at Symmetry recommend consulting with your physical therapist any time that mobility and daily function are negatively impacted by pain or injury. Getting started on an appropriate program of rehabilitation can considerably speed the process of recovery and minimize activity limitations — allowing maintenance of optimal musculoskeletal health. The circulatory system provides all tissues with nutrients and oxygen — both of which enable the tissue to heal.
Because muscle gets lots of blood flow, it has a good environment for healing. Injures can occur when muscle imbalances, are present. Postural muscles should be firing constantly to maintain appropriate posture and body position. Correcting muscular imbalances via activities that promote proper movement and muscle recruitment patterns can allow muscle healing to occur.
Tendon Healing Considerations Tendons attach muscles to bones. Tendons generally have a more limited blood supply than muscles. This makes them somewhat slower healing structures in comparison to muscle. Blood supply to injured tendons can be stimulated by activities that cause tension on the tendon tissue.
This could mean either tension that occurs when a muscle is contracted, or when it is stretched. Tendons tend to respond well to a particular type of tension. Eccentric activity, which means that a tendon is stressed while it is being lengthened, is particularly helpful for tendon remodeling after injury. One example of an eccentric exercise is performing a standing heel raise pressing up onto your toes and then slowly lowering your heels back to the ground.
The deliberate, slow lowering towards the ground is eccentric exercise for the Achilles tendon Excessive tension on tendons while they are healing can cause increased pain, slowed healing, or sometimes even further injury. Physical therapists design tendon treatment programs with activities that provide gradual increases in tendon stress, so that the body can progressively adapt to high-intensity tendon activities such as those required in sports or heavy work.
Bone Healing Considerations Bones heal best when loads are applied to them. Weight bearing activities through injured bones stimulates an increase in bone growth at injury sites and a subsequent increase in bone strength.
This concept is why immobilizer boots are often used in ankle and foot fractures rather than plaster casts. Allowing patients to walk while protecting their healing bone allows the bony repair process to occur faster and more thoroughly than keeping weight entirely off of a fracture site.
After a fracture, even if a patient is allowed to bear weight, the injured bone should be immobilized so that the healing process can occur. Allowing too much movement at a fracture site too early in the healing process can lead to delays in fracture repair.
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