WWW.OROFINOPHYSICALTHERAPY.COM HEALTH & FITNESS The Newsletter About Health and Caring For Your Body Knee Bursitis There are 5 major bursa in the knee. (see picture) Bursa’s are fluid filled sacs that pad areas where tendons rub over bone. They help protect the tendons of the knee from blunt trauma and fric- tion, but can often become injured themselves in doing so. Bursitis can result from prolonged kneeling, re- petitive motions (running) or from bumping the knee. When a bursa is injured it will commonly swell up; Common Symptoms swelling can vary to mild to severe. Pain with kneeling As the bursa swells it will be accom- Stiffness/pain with panied with pain, redness and walking warmth resulting in some loss of Swelling motion/strength and use. Treatment Redness consists of controlling the inflamma- Tenderness tion and restoring motion/function Warmth of the leg. If swelling is severe phy- sicians may “drain” the fluid from Goals of Physical Therapy SUCCESS STORY the knee which can immediately de- Education My job requires me to do crease that pain that was being a lot of kneeling. This Controlling pain/inflammation caused by the pressure. To decrease Joint Protection caused my knees to hurt your chances of bursitis, where knee and swell up. Therapy re- Normalizing flexibility and pads if you do a lot of kneeling, strength of leg solved my pain and even make sure you are stretching well if more important, I learned Assessment of work ergonomics you are active and that you have Assess athletic body mechanics what I could do to keep it good footwear and sport mechanics. from coming back. If you have had knee pain that has If you or someone you know is Physical Therapy ended lasted longer than 2 weeks, it is time suffering with pain, call us to learn up being fast and fun. to get additional help to keep things how Orofino Physical Therapy ~S.K. from getting worse. can help! Boise * Eagle *OROFINO Emmett PHYSICAL * Middleton THERAPY * & MountainWELLNESS Home * McCall 375-0666 1005 939 MICHIGAN– 9601 AVENUE 365-5341 OROFINO, 585-6566 IDAHO 83544 587 - 1777208 - 476 - 9365 634- 3555 .