(021) 4636642

appointments@imokillyphysio.com

Unit 2 Market Green Medical Centre

Market Green, Midleton, Co. Cork

Osteoarthritis

What is Osteoarthritis?

Osteoarthritis is one of the most common forms of arthritis in people aged over 50 is a degenerative condition that occurs when the protective cartilage that lines and cushions the ends of your bones in your body joints wears down and deteriorates over time causing joint pain, swollen joints and joint stiffness most commonly affecting the joints of the knee, hands, hip and spine. Osteoarthritis causes are mostly due to age, previous joint injury, overuse, and weak supporting muscles.

Osteoarthritis symptoms

Osteoarthritis symptoms are: Joint pain made worse during activity, joint stiffness usually 1st thing in the morning, limited range of motion, joint cracking & clicking sound (crepitus) and grating sensation on joint movement, joint swelling, and joint soreness. Other symptoms for different body part osteoarthritis conditions are:

Osteoarthritis knee symptoms: Knee joint pain, knee stiffness, knee cracking sound and grating feeling on movement, and the knees may “give way” beneath you.

Osteoarthritis of the hand’s symptoms: Finger joint pain, finger stiffness, bony growth “spurs” at the edge of joints causing swollen fingers, finger soreness and redness. There may be at the base of thumb pain.

Osteoarthritis hip symptoms: groin pain and buttock pain sometimes radiating to the thigh and inside of knee, stiffness in hip causing difficulty with moving your hip joints.

Osteoarthritis spine symptoms: Back pain, back stiffness and tenderness causing difficulty straightening back or turning neck and may cause weakness or numbness in the legs.

Osteoarthritis neck symptoms: Neck pain and neck stiffness worsened by prolonged looking up or down and sometimes neck cracking sound and grinding sensation when turning head and headaches.

Osteoarthritis ankle symptoms: Ankle pain, ankle stiffness, tenderness, ankle swelling, stiffness, and ankle instability causing difficulty walking.

Osteoarthritis in feet symptoms: Foot pain most commonly felt as big toe pain tenderness and swelling but can also be felt midfoot.

Osteoarthritis shoulder symptoms: Shoulder pain on movement, limited shoulder range of motion, shoulder cracking and clicking sound on movement.

Osteoarthritis treatment

Your physiotherapist will physically assess and test painful movements and muscle strength for an Osteoarthritis diagnosis, use hands on physiotherapy, shockwave therapy, dry needling, and taping. Assess biomechanics and advise re activity and behaviour modifications. Provide osteoarthritis exercises via our exercise prescription software Salaso to help alleviate your osteoarthritis pain. Prescribe orthotics, foam roller, kinesio tape and resistance bands.

Are you seeking Osteoarthritis pain relief?

Book Imokilly Physiotherapy Sports Injury clinic now for expert diagnosis, specialised treatments and customised to your needs exercise rehabilitation as important and excellent Osteoarthritis treatment.

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Imokilly Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic at (021) 4636642 or email appointments@imokillyphysio.com

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Please do not attend your physio session if you are feeling unwell.

Client Testimonials

Having been dogged with injury I decided to have a full prehab/FMS screen with Colette at Imokilly Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic. My starting score was 12/21 which placed me in a high risk injury bracket but by doing my corrective exercises, I not only played through the whole season un-injured but I also got my score up to 17/21 by the end.

- T.B, Killeagh GAA

I had spent a significant amount of money elsewhere on unwearable orthotics, before coming to Imokilly Physiotherapy Clinic. The orthotics I got here are by far the most comfortable to wear, and I wouldn't put a pair of shoes on without them!

- MB, Ladysbridge

Having had a long long history of back-pain which was then managed surgically with a dynamic fusion I was nervous about commencing any exercise. My neurosurgeon recommended that I attend a physiotherapist-led clinical Pilates class and I was lucky to find Sarah. Her entire approach is aimed at individualised rehabilitation, namely the individual assessment, tailored exercise programmes, small classes and follow-up emails. The standard of Pilates service is far superior to a fitness-based drop in class, and hence ideal for those with injuries.

- AB, Little Island

Chronic Achilles tendinopathy was limiting my ability to progress my marathon training and I knew that I had to tackle it properly to allow it to heal. Although it was frustrating to step back from training, I am now running painfree and hoping for a marathon PB

- ED, St Finbarrs