Physical Therapy

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I don't know where to put this but I need some advice. So here's the thing I have bad knees I have to go to physical therapy for them but right now money is so tight. Physical therapy is $60 a week and I have to go for 6 weeks. I'm thinking about holding it off till after christmas but in the mean time I don't know what to do. I thought about swimming but winters coming and if I don't exercise I have no motivation to eat right either. I serious can't go on any cardio machine because what is wrong with my knees is my muscle and ligament don't line up so it pushes my knee cap and it causes pain and what not. So i need to build the muscle in my inner thigh do you think I can get a book and try to do it myself at the gym or would that just be stupid and I would probably mess my self up even more. I'm really confused if anybody has any advise PLEASE give it to me :(
 
I think your best bet would be to visit with a physical therapist and ask them what you can do until you have the money to visit them on a regular basis.
 
ive treated this before. one thing you can do is stretching exercises.. what happens a lot is that the inner thigh muscle (medial vastus muscle) is weak and/or the outer thigh muscle (lateral vastus muscle) is shortened. this causes the line of the knee cap (patella) to go wrong.

stretching the lateral vastus muscle is kinda tricky. and kinda hard to explain on the computer lol. so ask somebody with some knowledge about muscles etc to help you out. you can also stretch the iliotibialis tendon (also in the neighborhood of the lateral vastus muscle) also stretch your calves, coz they might be tense too. that also goes for the hamstrings.. especially the outer side. massages on these muscles can also do a world of good.

now.. for strength of the medial vastus muscle (inner thigh muscle) there are various things you can do. the muscle is most active in the end stretch of the leg. say from about 30-40 degrees bent ..till stretching the leg all the way. you can for instance go on a bike (also cardio) and put the seat a lil higher so you wont bend your legs too much.. this will work the inner thigh muscle.

also leg extension. but rotate your foot outwards. then do the leg extension. this will the inner thigh also.

try these things and see how they work. for the pain.. try some ice.. but not for too long though.. just for like 20 minutes at most! see what it helps or not.
 
That's Kind of Confusing. do you think though it's worth going to physical therapy like when I get done it will be fixed more less is it an easy thing to fix. How the doc made it out to be is I need to strengthen my inner thigh muscle and your good to go.I mean I really have no other choice cuz I have been trying to figure out what's been wrong with my knees forever and I really just want them fixed.
 
i think you best go see a physio. they know how to handle this problem, or at least i'd think so! lol. they'll give you a trainingsprogram and treat your knee. i mean, you can probably train yourself.. but going to a physio would be the most effective way to recovery.
 
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