Dr. Sisson/ March 31st, 2023
Why Is It Hard For My Knees To Climb Stairs?
There are a lot of different things that can cause knee pain climbing stairs, but generally there are three different broad categories:
Causes of knee pain climbing stairs:
Pain inside the knee joint - i.e. knee arthritis or a meniscus tear.
Patellofemoral joint pain - pain between the kneecap (patella) and the thigh bone (femur)
Soft tissue pain - pain from muscles, tendons, or ligament...
Posted on 2023-03-31
Dr. Sisson| March 6, 2023
Are you dealing with an injury to your shoulder, knee, or back from exercise?
We know that recovering from a strain or sprain is often a long road.
It can take time and lots of trial and error to get you back to the level of activity you used to have which can feel never-ending.
However, taping is a solution you may not have considered before but has been used for decades in physical therapy, and by athletes as a way to speed up recovery and support weakened muscl...
Posted on 2023-03-06
Dr. Arnan Sisson, PT| October 18, 2022
Before you know it, we’ll be fully into winter.
It’s that time of year when, quite often, you need to spend 5 minutes de-icing your car before you can go anywhere.
But it’s not just our cars that need a little bit more care at this time of year.
Do your joints feel strange and a little bit stiff this time of the year?
Maybe they ache more than usual?
Do you notice any clicks and cracks coming from your knees?
There’s b...
Posted on 2022-10-18
Dr. Arnan Sisson / September 21, 2022
Have you ever been told you are “bone on bone”?
Told that you should stop walking, squatting or exercising because your knees have such bad arthritis in them?
Knee arthritis is one of the most common reasons that keeps people from staying active as they get older. Yes, sometimes you may need surgery for your knee, but there are a lot of things you can try before going that route.
Just because someone, even a well-meaning MD, tells you tha...
Posted on 2022-09-21
Dr. Arnan Sisson, PT/ September 14, 2022
If you have a torn meniscus in your knee, there are a lot of things you can do besides getting surgery that will give you the same result. Surgery is not always the quick fix people want or expect it to be.
Let me tell you something. You may have a torn meniscus, but the pain in your knee may not be coming from it. There are so many other areas of your body that can cause your knees to hurt and you deserve to have a full body assessment to know exac...
Posted on 2022-09-14
