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How Knees Age: What’s Normal and What Isn’t for Your Knee Health

How Knees Age: What’s Normal and What Isn’t for Your Knee Health

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Oct 17, 2017 | Exercise, Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis, Physical Therapy

Over the past 20 years of practice, knee pain is one of the most common complaints I treat. When your knees hurt, it’s hard to walk, get out of a chair and climb stairs. Knees can swell, ache and be completely uncooperative. In this blog, I’ll review how knees age and...
Banish Hip Pain – Get Relief from Hip Osteoarthritis Symptoms

Banish Hip Pain – Get Relief from Hip Osteoarthritis Symptoms

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Aug 9, 2017 | Hip Pain, Hip Stretches, Osteoarthritis, Physical Therapy

Osteoarthritis is the most frequent cause of musculoskeletal pain worldwide. Osteoarthritis is characterized by painful and sometimes swollen joints, stiffness and increased pain with use and with prolonged sedentary periods. The cartilage lining of the joints erodes...
What is Osteoarthritis of the Knee? (Plus Tips to Treat the Pain)

What is Osteoarthritis of the Knee? (Plus Tips to Treat the Pain)

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Aug 2, 2017 | Chronic Pain, Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis, Physical Therapy

I can’t tell you the number of times a new client comes to Life’s Work Physical Therapy to see me, and they are completely terrified of their new diagnosis: “I have osteoarthritis of my knee. My pain will NEVER go away and I am only 55. How could this happen?” And on...
What is Osteoarthritis of the Knee? (Plus Tips to Treat the Pain)

Physical Therapy for Osteoarthritis: Everything You Need to Know

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Jul 26, 2017 | Exercise, Osteoarthritis, Pain, Physical Therapy

Over the last 20 years practicing as a physical therapist, I can’t tell you the number of times a new client has come into my office feeling completely doomed by a recent diagnosis of osteoarthritis. A recent client of mine, age 62 with a 7-year history of chronic...

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