Knee Pain & Joint Care
Knee Pain & Joint Dysfunction
Knee pain can make stairs, squatting, running, sport, or even getting out of a chair difficult. We assess your knee, strength, mobility, movement, and activity demands to understand what may be contributing to your symptoms and build a rehabilitation plan around your goals.
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Understand Your Knee Pain
Knee pain can involve the joint, muscles, tendons, ligaments, or surrounding areas. A detailed assessment helps identify the factors contributing to your symptoms so your rehabilitation can be tailored to your individual needs.
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What Causes Knee Pain & Joint Issues
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Pain around or behind the kneecap is often aggravated by activities such as running, stairs, squatting, or prolonged sitting. Changes in activity, training load, strength, and movement capacity can all contribute.
Meniscus & Cartilage Injury
Meniscus injuries can occur following twisting or sporting movements, while age-related changes may develop gradually over time. Symptoms can include pain, swelling, catching, or difficulty fully bending or straightening the knee.
Ligament Sprains (ACL, MCL)
Sporting impacts or sudden direction changes can stretch or tear knee ligaments, leaving the joint feeling unstable.
Tendinopathy (Patellar, Quad)
Tendon pain can develop when training or activity demands exceed the tendon's current capacity. It is particularly common in sports involving running, jumping, or repeated acceleration and deceleration.
Osteoarthritis & Joint Wear
Age-related changes or previous injury can leave the knee stiff, achy, and reactive. Targeted loading reduces pain and preserves function.
Hip & Ankle Mechanics
Hip and ankle strength, mobility, and movement can influence how the lower limb manages load during walking, running, and sport. These areas may be assessed alongside the knee when relevant to your symptoms.
How we treat it
The KINETIKA Approach
We assess knee mobility, strength, stability, and load tolerance, while also examining the hip and ankle when relevant to understand the full clinical picture.
Joint mobilisation, soft tissue work, and patellar taping where it helps, to settle pain and restore comfortable range of motion.
Graded quadriceps, glute and hamstring loading that rebuilds the strength your knee needs for stairs, squatting and running.
We rebuild your tolerance for the activity that matters to you, whether that is sport, walking without pain, or getting out of a chair easily.
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Book Your Initial Assessment
Tell us what's happening with your knee. We'll find the driver and build a plan that gets you back to stairs, sport, and squats without pain.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Medically reviewed by the Kinetika Clinical Team · Last reviewed 23 September 2026