Do you think you may have knee arthritis? Has it been getting worse and worse, as the day goes by, weeks, months, possibly even years?

Are you concerned that you may need surgery some day? Maybe a doctor told you that you might need a knee replacement. Or maybe you had a parent or someone you know, with similar knee problems to yours and they had a surgery done, a knee replacement, or some other type of procedure.

In this video, I am going to talk with you about the top three signs for knee arthritis, how to spot it, and what you should do if you find that you’ve got these signs.

My name is Dr. David Middaugh, I’m a manual physical therapist and owner of El Paso Manual Physical Therapy, and I help people with knee arthritis all the time.

The technical term for knee arthritis is osteoarthritis of the knee. There are different types of arthritis but I’m just going to make it clear right now that I’m not talking about psoriatic arthritis, or rheumatoid arthritis, those are different conditions that affect joints. But osteoarthritis is the most commonly found type of arthritis in knees.

So, I am going to talk with you about the top three signs of knee arthritis, osteoarthritis.

#1 Stiffness In The Knee

Especially when you wake up in the morning you have trouble bending or straightening it out. Or if you have been sitting for a long time, like if you have gone to the theater, or sat at home and watched a movie,  or you have taken a long trip in the car, and when you get up, and your first few steps are a little rough, and your knee doesn’t work that right. You may need to take a few steps or wait a few minutes to make sure that it moves more normally again. That is a classic sign of knee arthritis.

#2 Swelling

If you find that your knee is swelling, there is usually some pain associated with it, not always, but often times there is pain associated with that. Right around the knee cap, sometimes in the back of the knee, people will get pain behind the knee in this swelling type of situation.

There is something that might develop in the back of the knee, called the “baker cyst”, that looks like a massive swelling behind the knee. And most of the time, people have trouble bending the knee because the cyst is painful. That is usually related to knee arthritis as well.

#3 Loss Of Motion

If you look at both knees, one is more affected than the other, if you have trouble straightening one of your knees out, and, or bending that same knee all the way, it doesn’t move like your other knee, that is another classic sign of knee arthritis.

Most people that learn this information start to think “I’m screwed! My knee is done! I’m just going to end up having surgery, its just a matter of how long can I hold out?”

I want to tell you that we have cases like this here in the clinic all the time! Where our patients regain their motion, stop swelling, and they feel great in the morning, where their knee feels like their other knee, and they literally feel younger, and more mobile, right when they wake up in the morning.

There are tons of causes of knee arthritis, its usually a combination of a joint problem, a cartilage problem, a muscle issue, a ligament or nerve issue, problems coming from the back, problems coming from the foot as well, and here in the clinic, we look at all of that to properly make a plan to reduce and possibly even eliminate the stiffness, the swelling, and all the problems that are associated with knee arthritis.

It is possible, even if you had an MRI, or X-Rays that showed arthritis in your knee, it is possible to feel normal again despite arthritic like changes in your knee. And the reason for this is because when you restore everything else, the arthritis itself may not even be the main problem, causing your pain, or your limitation.

If you are looking for help for your knee arthritis problem, I strongly suggest you talk to a manual physical therapist, a specialist in handling these types of knee arthritis problems without having to deal with surgery, injections or pain medications. That, in my opinion, is the best way to make sure that you get long lasting recovery, and that you learn everything that you need to so that you can make the best decision on your own each day moving forward, and how to properly manage your knee.

I hope that we can be a part of your success story in getting rid of this knee arthritis, and getting your life back  to normal, so that you can be on your feet as long as you want, go to the store, go up and down the stairs,  kneel down on the ground, and do whatever it is you want with your knee, without having to worry about having a surgery, or getting injections, or having to rely on pain medications for it.

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We would be happy to speak with you and see if we are the best people to help you out in this situation.

I hope that we can be a part of your success story in getting rid of this knee arthritis, and getting your life back  to normal, so that you can be on your feet as long as you want, go to the store, go up and down the stairs,  kneel down on the ground, and do whatever it is you want with your knee, without having to worry about having a surgery, or getting injections, or having to rely on pain medications for it.