An Overview of Hip and Knee Rehabilitation for the Physical Therapist, Updated

Course Description:

Due to their proximity anatomically, biomechanical relationships during ambulation, and sharing of musculature and nerves, both the knee and hip should always be considered in treatment plans for the other. For example, hip joint impairments have been identified in many patients with knee pain, including osteoarthritis (OA), and thus treatment of the hip is often implicated to address the primary symptom of knee pain.