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What types of physical therapy can i do to help an osteochondral defect in my knee?
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Motion & strength: The goal of physical therapy is to maximize functional recovery after injury or surgery by performing exercises to regain motion and strength about the knee.
Answered 1/26/2013
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Strengthening: Typically the benefit of therapy will be to strengthen the surrounding muscles the reality is that the only way to really correct the underlying problem would be an arthroscopic procedure.
Answered 10/4/2016
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