Knee won't straighten? Painful? Difficult to get around?

Can't fully straighten and lock out your knee? Medical research and our own clinical experience tells us that you will get earlier onset of arthritis: or, if you already have it - then it will get worse! A knee that won't straighten is a knee that hurts. As our knees get a bit worn we naturally start to lose the ability to lock them fully straight. This can also happen if you don't rehabilitate fully following ligament or cartilage surgery. Unfortunately it can also happen after total knee replacement. Whatever the reason, if you cannot straighten your knee it cannot function efficiently in the way it was designed to do. We physios work hard to get patients to understand this, we give exercises and we do lots of manual therapy to help get knees fully extended. Scorpio now has its very own "Elite Seat" which is a gadget that we teach patients to set themselves up on to push the knee straight. Once you've been assessed to ensure this is the correct treatment for you, we train you how to use it, you pay a flat fee each week and come in as many times as you want to use the equipment at your convenience. Check out the elite seat website www.eliteseat.com and give us a ring to see if it could work for you!

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