The Recovery
Picture 1 (Left) showing Normal Knee Joint with healthy amount of joint space, good bone density.
Picture 2 (Right) showing early-stage of Knee Osteoarthritis with developed osteophytes and reduced bone density.
***The arrows are pointing at the Tibial spiking (an conditional feature of Osteoarthritis in Knee Joint)
How Long Do You Need to See The Physiotherapist For Your Knee Pain To Improve?
There is no definitive answer for how long your body take time to heal the injury that you have been giving it but I generally give 4 to 8 weeks for an acute knee pain to reduce, to restore the normal function.
In a active rehabilitation, it takes about 2 months for your body, muscle & joint to grasp the new management, the healing process. But again, it varies for everyone depending on the severity of knee pain, how long is the injury/pain & the age factor.
Conclusion
As a summary of all of above, Physiotherapy Management is a combination of pain relief for muscle healing, individualize exercise regime for strengthening & muscle activation, education for self-correction & awareness, lifestyle correction & prevention.
PLEASE ASK YOURSELF:
Why drag and sick up something that can be healed, corrected & move back to function as normal within 4 weeks to 8 weeks to a Chronic condition that need you to go under knife?
References
Jones BQ, Covey CJ, Sineath MH Jr. Nonsurgical Management of Knee Pain in Adults. Am Fam Physician. 2015 Nov 15;92(10):875-83. PMID: 26554281. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26554281/
Abdel-Aziem AA, Soliman ES, Mosaad DM, Draz AH. Effect of a physiotherapy rehabilitation program on knee osteoarthritis in patients with different pain intensities. J Phys Ther Sci. 2018 Feb;30(2):307-312. Doi:10.1589/jpts.30.307. Epub 2018 Feb 28. PMID: 29545702; PMCID: PMC5851371. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851371/
McClinton SM, Cobian DG, Heiderscheit BC. Physical Therapist Management of Anterior Knee Pain. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2020 Dec;13(6):776-787. Doi: 10.1007/s12178-020-09678-0. Epub 2020 Oct 30. PMID: 33128200; PMCID: PMC7661565. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7661565/
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