A 30 minute Knee Assessment with an accredited exercise physiologist in Epping.
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If some of this sounds familiar, you are not alone, and there is a lot that can be done.
Knee pain in adults often comes down to a mismatch between load and capacity. Load is everything you ask your knee to do in a day, stairs, walking, carrying, kneeling. Capacity is how much your knee, and the muscles supporting it, can currently handle. When load creeps above capacity for long enough, the joint lets you know.
This mismatch can build slowly. A change in activity, a period of being busier or less active, or simply years of use can shift the balance without any single injury to point to. That is why many people cannot recall a specific moment their knee started hurting.
The knee does not work alone. Hip and ankle strength, and how well they share the load, all influence how the knee copes. If the muscles around the joint lose condition over time, the knee ends up carrying more than its share.
Pain can also linger simply because the knee has not been given a chance to rebuild capacity. Avoiding movement feels protective in the short term, but without some form of graded loading, the gap between what the knee can do and what you need it to do does not close on its own.
We build plans from the evidence, not guesswork. Here is some of it.
Exercise programmes including strengthening and aerobic training reduce knee osteoarthritis pain and improve strength in adults.
Raposo et al. (2021). Effects of exercise on knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review. Musculoskeletal Care. PubMed 33666347The 2019 ACR guideline made strong recommendations for exercise as part of comprehensive osteoarthritis management across hand, hip, and knee joints.
Kolasinski et al. (2020). 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). PubMed 31908149Hip abductor weakness is present in knee osteoarthritis and hip strengthening reduces knee pain in this group.
Schache et al. (2016). Does the addition of hip strengthening exercises improve outcomes following total knee arthroplasty? A study protocol for a randomized trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. PubMed 27295978Exercise improved pain and physical function compared to no treatment or usual care for knee osteoarthritis.
Lawford et al. (2024). Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. PubMed 39625083Research summaries are general information, not advice about your situation. Your assessment is what tells us what applies to you.
Rest can take the edge off, but knees are built to move. Long stretches of avoiding activity often let the muscles around the joint lose condition, so the knee has even less support next time you ask more of it.
Printed sheets are a reasonable starting point, but a knee that struggles on stairs needs a plan matched to your joint, your goals and how much load you can currently manage. The same six exercises for everyone rarely respects that.
The knee is where you feel it, but hips, ankles and overall leg strength all share the load. If the plan never looks above or below the knee, the same pattern of overload tends to return.
Pushing hard on a good day, then backing off completely after a flare, keeps the knee guessing. Building capacity works better as a steady, gradual climb rather than bursts followed by long pauses.
We start by asking how long this has been going on, what it stops you doing, and what you have already tried.
Your exercise physiologist checks how your knee moves, how it handles load, and looks at the hips and ankles too, since they share the work.
We explain what seems to be going on in terms that make sense, no jargon, and answer your questions.
You leave with clear next steps, whether that is exercises to start at home or a longer program of sessions.
If you are unsure whether this is the right fit, come in and we will work it out together.
Answer a few quick questions and we will get in touch to book you in.
Accredited clinicians who will explain everything in plain language.
No referral is needed to book a Knee Assessment. If you have a referral from a GP or specialist, or an NDIS or DVA plan, bring the details and we will work alongside it.
Wear comfortable clothes you can move in, such as shorts or leggings, and shoes you would normally walk or exercise in.
The initial assessment runs for 30 minutes. That gives us time to understand your knee properly, not just glance at it.
Many private health funds offer rebates for exercise physiology under extras cover. Bring your card and we can process this on the day where applicable.
Come in anyway. A flare can actually give us useful information about what aggravates your knee and helps shape the plan.
For most people, appropriately dosed movement is a safe and sensible way to build knee capacity. We assess your knee first and choose a starting point that suits where you are at.
Yes, there is parking available on site at Willandra Drive, Epping.
You will leave with a clear picture of what is going on and a plan for what to do next, whether that is a program to start on your own or ongoing sessions with us.
Book a $79 Knee Assessment and find out what is driving your knee pain and what to do about it.
Prefer to talk? Call 03 7047 6261.