How to Make the Most of Your Knee Injury Rehab

Your knees are the largest joints in your body, which is a good thing given that their workload is anything but small. Whether you’re an athlete who likes to run long distances or you just want to walk your dog around the block, having healthy knees is important.

Unfortunately, knees are among the joints that are most vulnerable to injury. A report from 2020 and 2021 found that 6% of adults in the United States had an activity-limiting injury within the previous three months, and it’s a good bet that knee injuries were a big part of the mix.

When it comes to treating knee pain, look no further than our team here at Revive Spine and Pain Center. In the following, we review a few of the ways we help patients through the knee rehab process and a few things you can do on your own to move forward.

How we can help with your knee rehab

Knees are complex joints, and there are many different types of knee injuries. Some of the more common include:

• Ligament injuries, such as anterior ligament cruciate tears
• Meniscus tears
• Dislocations
• Tendon injuries

Whatever knee injury has you hobbled, our sports medicine and rehabilitation toolkit is comprehensive and includes:

Interventional injections

If you have an overuse injury in the connective tissues in your knee, we can administer corticosteroid injections that help with the pain and inflammation.

Viscosupplementation injections, also called “gel” injections, can help cushion the joint and prevent that bone-on-bone feeling. 

Regenerative medicine

To speed healing, we can redirect your own regenerative resources into the damaged tissues in your knees through platelet-rich plasma injections and bone marrow aspirate cell treatments. Both of these treatments help to rebuild damaged tissues on a cellular level.

Medical acupuncture

To keep your knee rehab on track and moving ahead, we offer medical acupuncture that not only relieves your knee pain, but helps to speed healing.

Physical therapy

When you’re rehabbing a joint as vital as your knee, it’s important to do it right and under the guidance of a physical therapist who helps you strengthen your knee. We can point you in the right direction for these services.

Bracing and assistive devices

If you need to lighten the load on your knee during your rehab, we make sure you have what you need, such as crutches, walkers, and/or knee braces.

What you can do to help your knee

Rehabbing a knee injury can be tricky. You need to move forward, while also providing your knee enough space to heal properly. Rest assured, we’re with you every step of the way, and we work with you until you get to the other side. 

A key part of this overall effort is your participation, so keep up with your appointments with us so you stay on track.

If you have any homework in the form of exercising and stretching, please stay on top of those, as well.

We also want you to strike a balance between pushing your knee a little bit during recovery and knowing when to stop. A good rule of thumb is to work through a little discomfort, but stop when you feel pain.

If you have any questions during this time, we’re just a phone call away. We’d rather you check in with us than risk reinjuring your knee.

For expert care of your knee injury and oversight of your rehab, contact us at one of our conveniently located offices in Marlton, Hamilton Township, Northfield, or East Brunswick, New Jersey, to schedule an appointment.