Do passive accessory movements help with...?!
Question: Do passive accessory movements help with!.!.!.!?
Please, if you answer please provide details of what your actual qualification is!.
Would welcome answers from physios and osteopaths!.
Case profile;
Age - mid 20s
General health - very good
Problem - Septic athritis at baby age, several opps since now has lack of ROM in knee on flexion, grinding sound in knee at end of ROM and poor end feel!. Also possibly has mal-alignment of patella (but that's another issue for another day)!.
What I would like know is, along with stretching and deep tissue on the quads, will passive physiological (within the comfortable grades of movements) and passive accessory movements help or exasorbate ROM and/or pain in knee!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Would welcome answers from physios and osteopaths!.
Case profile;
Age - mid 20s
General health - very good
Problem - Septic athritis at baby age, several opps since now has lack of ROM in knee on flexion, grinding sound in knee at end of ROM and poor end feel!. Also possibly has mal-alignment of patella (but that's another issue for another day)!.
What I would like know is, along with stretching and deep tissue on the quads, will passive physiological (within the comfortable grades of movements) and passive accessory movements help or exasorbate ROM and/or pain in knee!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Well it sounds quite like the knee has a bit osteoarthritis!. Passive physiological movements usually help when there is a tightness in the joint capsule, it stretches all the structures out you know!? Osteoarthritis which is most likely what you have, leads to a breakdown of the joint capsule, very little can be done to build it up again and as it's not properly elastic anymore I don't think stretching it out with passive movements would do that much good!. I would ask your current physio what they think too because they know your full history!.Www@Answer-Health@Com