Physical discomfort where two or more bones meet to form a joint. This ranges from mild to disabling.
Joint pain can be discomfort, pain or inflammation arising from any part of a joint — including cartilage, bone, ligaments, tendons, or muscles.
Joint pain can be mild, causing soreness only after certain activities, or it can be severe, making even limited movement, particularly bearing weight, extremely painful.
Joint pain is extremely common, especially as you get older. Joint pain can affect any part of your body, from your ankles and feet to your shoulders and hands.
A wide range of conditions can lead to painful joints:
Often, the pain can come with swelling and inflammation, stiffness, and loss of range of motion.
Joint pain is rarely an emergency. Most cases of mild joint pain can be successfully managed through physiotherapy.
However, make an appointment with your doctor if your joint pain is accompanied by:
See a medical professional immediately if your joint pain is caused by an injury and is accompanied by:
Here’s how to keep your joints healthy as you age:
Physiotherapists look at the whole picture, not just at the affected areas. They can also teach you breathing techniques and stress relief exercises that make it easier to cope with joint pain.
We have the skills and knowledge needed to help you overcome joint pain. We teach you a variety of techniques to improve your posture, strengthen your muscles, and fix biomechanical problems that can worsen your pain. We may recommend:
Surprised that Physio can help with Joint Pain? Wondering what else we treat? Take a look at our Physiotherapy Treatments page – you may be surprised at the range of ailments that can be treated with Physio.
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