Knee Pain Physiotherapy at Home in Pimpri, Pune

You can often guess where a person lives from the way they take stairs. In Pimpri, many people take them one at a time, with a hand on the rail and a pause at each landing. A walk-up building, a footbridge at the station or a market staircase turns a mild knee problem into a daily one. Home physiotherapy starts where the knee is troubled most, which is the staircase itself.

The basic information on causes and treatment is on our knee pain physiotherapy page. Here we cover how it works in Pimpri. Visits are booked in advance since Pimpri is one of the farther zones from our South Pune base; see the Pimpri area page for the process.

Standing, climbing, squatting

Knee pain in a working town tends to fall into recognisable patterns.

• Long standing. Hours behind a counter or at a machine leave the knees stiff and swollen by evening.
• Stairs. Climbing is hard on the front of the knee, and descending is hard on the thigh muscles that control the knee.
• Squatting. Low toilets, floor sitting and working at floor level ask for deep bending that an arthritic knee may not give.
• Crowded travel. Standing in a train or a bus, with sudden jolts, strains an unsteady knee.
• Old injuries. A sprain or fall years ago that was never rehabilitated.

Assessing the knee on your own stairs

The physiotherapist asks where the pain is, when it comes, whether the knee swells, locks or gives way, and what you can no longer do. Then comes an examination of the knee, hip and ankle, and a look at your thigh and calf strength. We watch you sit down and rise from a chair, walk across the room and, if safe, take a few steps on your staircase. The aim is to see whether the problem is stiffness, weakness, swelling or poor control, because each calls for a different emphasis.

The first sessions usually include gentle movement to ease stiffness, hands-on techniques, advice about positioning and heat or cold, and the first strengthening exercises. These progress from lying and sitting to standing exercises, then to steps and walking. If your back is also painful, our back pain physiotherapy page describes how both are managed together.

Keeping the knee steady between visits

• Take stairs in a rhythm: the stronger leg leads going up, the weaker leg leads going down, with a hand on the rail.
• Pace the day. Sit for a few minutes every hour if you stand for a living, and elevate the leg in the evening if the knee swells.
• Use a higher seat at home, or a firm cushion, so that standing up does not need a push.
• Wear shoes with a cushioned, grippy sole to work, not flat slippers.
• Build the thigh muscles with the exercises the physiotherapist sets, a little each day.

Joint replacement is a different path. If your knee has been replaced, read about post-surgery rehabilitation.

When a knee needs a doctor first

A knee that is hot, red and quickly swollen, especially with fever, needs medical review the same day. So does a knee that cannot bear weight after a fall or twist, one that is visibly deformed, or a calf that becomes swollen and tender after surgery or a long spell in bed. Go to an emergency department if you cannot reach your doctor.

Arranging a visit

Give the building name, the floor and the nearest chowk, plus the hours you are home, and book an appointment in advance. We will agree a time window.