Knee pain as a result of a biomechanical muscle imbalance: Intermittent or increasingly persistent knee pain with walking or running is a classic sign of muscle imbalances causing injury.

A combination of overactive muscles compensating for weakness in stabilising muscles around the hip and the knee can result in the patella (kneecap) sitting incorrectly.
The result is often friction behind the patella leading to inflammation and pain that is exacerbated with exercise.

What can be done?
Physiotherapy treatment can resolve the pain and inflammation but the muscle imbalances will need to be resolved if recurring problems are to be avoided.

Physiotherapists work with you to ensure that you learn to control your muscles in carefully managed stages

Not just in the gym
A muscle may work effectively during a specific exercise but it can fail to work properly when running, walking or even in a pilates or yoga class.

Our physiotherpists will teach you how to progress specific excercises in graduated steps to ensure that newly developed muscles work efficiently and effectively.