Up to 1 in 5 people in the UK will develop osteoarthritis of the knee (Arthritis Research UK, 2013).
And this is especially common in the over 50s, with almost 50% of that demographic reporting knee pain annually.
Many people have arthritic joints without ever knowing.
However, signs and symptoms of an arthritic change can be unpleasant for some – deep knee pain, pain on twisting, giving way, locking, perhaps some grinding - and these changes often develop slowly and are insidious in their onset.
And without explanation, they can be scary.
So, where there is arthritic change related pain, it is easy to inadvertently develop a self-limiting approach where we become more and more inactive due to pain.
But this inactivity can be a key driver in pain development and a decline in all round quality of life – and so begins a vicious circle
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