The Injury Hub
Joint Stiffness: Info, Symptoms & Physiotherapy Treatment.
Our Chartered Physiotherapists across Ireland are experts in the causes, symptoms and treatment of joint stiffness.
The Injury Hub: Joint Stiffness
What is joint stiffness?
Most people will not feel like exercising when their joints are painful, inflamed or stiff. However, an appropriate and regular exercise program can help reduce stiffness and pain, increase flexibility, improve endurance, develop muscle strength, improve sleep and keep bone and cartilage healthy.
Joint Stiffness can be caused by injury or disease and is a common symptom in arthritic conditions. It can often be one of the earliest symptoms of arthritis.
How We Can Help.
Symptoms, Treatment & How We Can Help Your Recovery.
Learn about common joint stiffness symptoms, effective treatments, and how our expert team supports your recovery journey every step of the way.
Symptoms Of Joint Stiffness
Joint stiffness is gradual loss in flexibility of a joint or a reduction in the range of motions.
Joint stiffness occurs mainly due to arthritis or following an injury to a joint which is accompanied by muscle spasm.
Joint stiffness last less than 30 minutes would tend to be associated more so with Osteoarthritis. While that lasting more than 30 minutes is found in inflammatory arthritis such as Rheumatoid Arthritis or the family of spondyloarthropathies.
Although joint stiffness may not appear to be life threatening it can be painful and limit your independence.
It is important that you seek advice and assessment from a qualified health care professional such as your GP or one of our highly trained Physiotherapists.
Joint Stiffness Treatment
This will include:
Range-of-motion exercises
Strengthening exercises
Aerobic exercise
Our Chartered Physiotherapists will also carry out a thorough assessment to determine the causes of your joint stiffness to help tackle this problem. They utilise manual joint mobilisations if they feel this treatment approach may help and is not contraindicated.
Your GP may also prescribe disease modifying drugs if your joint stiffness is disease related and they may help to slow down disease progression and improve symptoms.
Our Expertise
Our highly skilled Physiotherapists can help tailor an exercise program to fit your specific needs. This would likely include three components:
Range of Motion exercises,
Strengthening exercises
Aerobic Exercises.
These exercise plans will significantly help with reducing any joint stiffness that you may be experiencing, so get in touch with us today and we can begin the necessary treatment straight away.
Our patient’s health journeys
How Much Does It Cost?
Please refer to our individual clinic location pages for pricing information.
What Are Your Clinic Hours?
Monday – Friday: 8am to 8pm
Saturday: 9am to 5pm
Sunday: Closed
*Please note, opening times can vary between clinics
Where Is This Service Available?
This service is available in any of our nationwide clinics.
Am I Covered By Health Insurance?
We work with all major insurers – Vhi, Laya and Irish Life. We recommend you check your own policy for its terms and conditions to see what cover you have.
How Do I Contact You?
Our Patient Services team is available to help you Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, and Saturdays from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
Call Us: 01 611 1740
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