LACEY (WA) – As discussed in the previous weeks, one of the most common complaints we get from patients here at Penrose Physical Therapy is knee pain and it’s one of the areas that we treat the most as well. But before I tell you why, ask yourself if any of the following sound familiar …
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Lacey (WA) – With the amount of information we have covered relating to knee pain, I sincerely hope you’ve learned something new and possibly even applied some of the material to your daily life! However, I can understand if you are still skeptical that anything can be done to improve that chronic knee pain that …
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LACEY (WA) – We have covered a lot of topics related to knee pain so far so let’s do a quick review. We have discussed the three things that could be making your knee pain worse such as; wearing the wrong type of shoes, sitting with your legs bent, and not working hard enough. We …
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A patient came into the clinic a few weeks ago limping with knee pain and asked: “I’ve had this knee pain for a few weeks now. I’m not sure what I’ve done to it but I’ve tried taking painkillers and that didn’t help. I was trying to rest it so that it wouldn’t hurt. But …
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If you’ve been following our osteoporosis, balance and falls series over the last 5 weeks, you might be wondering how to put all of this information together. In today’s article I’m going to help you do just that. I’ll do it with a story about a lady we worked with recently in the clinic. Let’s …
Yoga has along list of health benefits. They include greater flexibility, stronger muscles, better posture, balance, reduced emotional and physical stress, and self-esteem. Yoga and its many forward folds have to be eliminated for the osteoporosis crowd. However, the rotational poses actually increase bone density as I will explain. Dr. Loren Fishman, a physiatrist at …
Fall has arrived and it is the time people clean up their yard, houses, and roof to prepare for winter. It is also the time of year that I see more knee pain! I want to share some tips for knee pain and a patient story that I hear quite frequently. Nancy gave us permission …
Do you think knee pain is just a part of normal aging? Think again… Read More »
Got this question sent to me yesterday by a “confused” reader of my newspaper articles suffering with knee pain during exercise… “Hey Jennifer, I’ve been suffering with a pain in my right knee now for a few weeks. What I can’t put my finger on is what I did to make it start in the first …
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A few days ago, I was on the phone to one of our regular patient, Lisa, she’s 56 from Lacey and she said… “I was making the most of the Labor Day weekend by visitng Capitol State Forest. I was fine when I got home, but then in the morning when I woke up, my knees had …
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Many people just like you are becoming victims of knee pain. This is FAST becoming one of the most common things we see at Penrose Physical Therapy, and one of the areas that we treat the most too. But before I tell you why, have a look and see if this sounds familiar to you? …
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