unusual knee pain

[pudding_bowl]

Yes everyone studies the same... And although there is a reputation amongst the NHS for poor physio's it is unique to each physio. You get good ones and bad ones. they don't have to be public or private. And that variance is in every profession.
If you are getting better than stick with the physio. But if you aren't and they aren't interested in finding out why and cannot explain to you why then thats when it's a good idea to see a different physio. - You need to have confidence in your physio or your rehab won't go well.

Pudding

[zanderman1985]

sorry I didn't mean to paint all the NHS physio's with the same brush, its just that I've had two physio's from the NHS and they both seemed to do the same thing, where you would ask them to explain a reason for my pain or some swelling and they seemed to make it seem insignificant as if it wasn't a problem, I don't know is this what all physio's do?

its just the last physio I had, I would ask him about the swelling on my knee and he just said 'yeah its a bit of bone' as if it had nothing to do with the actual problem. I mean the first post I got back here suggested a possible baker's cist, which he didn't mention at all - he didn't mention any other possibilities actually - and then he would just say that my knee was stable and everything looked fine when I said I was still feeling pain, which I just find plain weird.

He didn't suggest any strength programs or anything, even after I suggested to him that endurance might be my problem he gave me an exercise for people who had a loose knee cap, which was putting my full weight on the one leg and dipping downwards which made it hurt eventually.

maybe its just my experience, but I think I'll try and maybe find a sports physio to have a look.

kind regards
alex