What is Joint Pain?
It refers to any damage to the joint from disease or injury that can interfere with your movement and cause a lot of pain.
Can physiotherapy help people with joint pain?
Yes. By appropriately assessing the exact cause of the joint pain and then providing the corresponding treatments, physiotherapy can help you prevent, alleviate or reduce the further degeneration of weak and painful joints. Physiotherapy treatments are given depending on the cause of the joint pain.
What causes joint pain?
Many conditions can lead to painful joints, including:
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Bursitis
Gout
Strains
Sprains
Lupus
Certain infectious diseases, such as mumps, influenza, and hepatitis
Chondromalacia of the patella, or a breakdown of the cartilage in the kneecap
Tendinitis, or inflammation of the tendon
An infection of the bone
Overuse of a joint
Cancer
Fibromyalgia
Osteoporosis
Sarcoidosis
Rickets
Osteopenia
Ankylosing spondylitis
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