Further therapeutic measures | Pain in the hollow of the knee exercises and therapies

Further therapeutic measures

Very good for pain in the hollow of the knee are exercises that are performed in the exercise pool, because the buoyancy of the water relieves the knee joint. At the same time, the water’s resistance strengthens the muscles due to the greater amount of muscle work required. You can find exercises in the article Water gymnastics.

Manual lymph drainage can be used as a means of dissolving lymph fluid. Cold therapy (cryotherapy) for acute inflammation or rheumatic attacks has also proven successful in practice. For people who are very active in sports, sports massages or techniques for dissolving fasciae can be used preventively or therapeutically for healing.

If you suffer from osteoarthritis, exercises are useful that keep the stress on the knee joint minimal and at the same time allow for movement in the full range of motion. Patients suffering from thrombosis should perform slow, circulation-stimulating exercises and avoid sudden, abrupt movements. For chronic pain conditions, electrotherapy can also be used specifically to alleviate the symptoms. In certain cases, techniques from manual therapy are also useful to influence the fluid conditions of the joint cartilage (e.g. sling table).

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