3 Ways to Treat Knee Pain Including Red Light Therapy & Massage
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Stretches and exercises are a great way to help treat knee pain. It can also be beneficial to use other treatments like red light therapy and massage. The RICIAL Red Light Therapy Knee Massager has both 660nm red light therapy & 850nm near infrared light therapy as well as heated vibration.
Red light supports surface comfort while near infrared light reaches deeper areas to help maintain joint flexibility and improved circulation.
Bowed legs (aka bowlegs, bow legs, or genu varum) can come from weak & tight muscles, bone deformations, and/or degeneration. These stretches & exercises are designed to help if it’s coming from weak and/or tight hip muscles.
Injuries from pickleball are increasing, and knee pain is common from the sport. The stretches and exercises in this video will help strengthen, relieve pain, and loosen up the muscles around the knee and the hip area.
Doctor Jo shows some simple stretches to help relieve sciatic nerve pain. Some of the best stretches to help get rid of sciatic nerve pain are piriformis stretches.
Sciatic nerve pain often comes from tight muscles along its pathway. The hamstrings, IT band, and adductors can all contribute to compressing the sciatic nerve. These stretches might help.
These knee strengthening exercises don't require using a lot of weights. If you have knee pain, consider using knee compression sleeves to help increase circulation and reduce swelling & pain.
Percussive Massage Therapy for knee pain relief is a new rehab treatment that uses fast, soft pulses over a short amount of time to get deep down into the muscle fibers.
These knee stretches and exercises in bed are a great way to help relieve knee pain in the morning before getting up, and/or when going to bed at night. And they don’t necessarily need to be done in bed, they can also be done on the couch or floor.
