Specialist Knee Physiotherapy

Let our expertise give you peace of mind.

Knee pain can alter the way you walk, run, climb stairs and load through everyday movement. For some people, symptoms follow a clear injury. For others, they develop gradually or continue despite rest, exercise or previous treatment. 

At Solent Specialist Physiotherapy, knee assessment and rehabilitation form a defined area of specialist clinical practice. We look beyond the painful area alone, considering joint function, strength, movement, tissue capacity, previous injury, training or activity demands and the influence of the hip and foot.

The aim is to establish the most likely cause of your symptoms, explain it clearly and build a structured rehabilitation plan around how your knee actually behaves under load.

Why Knee Problems Require Specialist Assessment

The knee must absorb force, control rotation and transfer load efficiently between the hip and foot. Pain may arise from tendon overload, joint degeneration, ligament injury, meniscal pathology, bone stress or altered movement control.

These presentations often overlap and can appear similar in early stages. Swelling, stiffness, instability or anterior knee pain may reflect very different underlying drivers.

Without precise assessment, individuals frequently move between temporary symptom relief and recurring flare-ups.

Specialist evaluation examines joint irritability, ligament integrity, tendon load tolerance, strength symmetry and how the hip and foot influence knee mechanics. Rehabilitation can then be targeted towards the factors most relevant to your presentation rather than relying on a generic strengthening programme.

Common Knee Conditions We Manage

Knee osteoarthritis→

Post- total knee replacement surgery→ 

ACL injury and rehabilitation→ 

Patellar and quadriceps tendinopathy→ 

Hamstring tendinopathy→ 

Meniscal tears/ injuries→ 

Patellofemoral (kneecap) pain→ 

Post ACL reconstruction rehabilitation→ 

Post meniscal surgery rehabilitation→  

Bone stress reaction→

Recurrent or persistent knee pain

Detailed condition guides are available via each link above.

What Makes Our Knee Service Different

Knee rehabilitation within our specialist clinics is delivered by experienced physiotherapists working in Band 8 specialist roles within the NHS alongside their private practice. Their day-to-day work includes complex diagnostic decision-making, persistent and post-operative presentations, imaging pathways and close collaboration with orthopaedic and medical teams. 

This depth of clinical experience is particularly valuable when symptoms have persisted despite previous treatment, the diagnosis is uncertain, several structures may be contributing, or rehabilitation needs to progress safely back towards demanding work or sport.

Many individuals referred for knee pain have already completed general strengthening programmes without lasting improvement. This is rarely due to structural “failure.” More often, the load strategy or movement driver has not been correctly identified.

Specialist assessment evaluates how your knee behaves under load — including dynamic control during walking, running and change of direction, rotational stability, tendon capacity and force distribution through the lower limb.

Rehabilitation is structured around tissue behaviour and objective tolerance rather than fixed timelines.

For tendon-driven pain, progression restores tensile capacity while refining load distribution. In ligament or post-ACL rehabilitation, structured progression aligns with graft healing timelines and neuromuscular retraining. In degenerative joint presentations, management focuses on load optimisation, flare control and long-term joint resilience.

Programmes are individualised. Progression is guided by measurable strength milestones and 24-hour symptom response.

Care is guided by advanced clinical reasoning and specialist experience rather than protocol-driven or generic rehabilitation approaches.

Where appropriate, imaging such as X-ray, ultrasound or MRI can be requested or reviewed to clarify the clinical picture. Findings are interpreted alongside your symptoms and examination rather than in isolation. Injection therapy can also be considered selectively where pain or joint irritability is significantly limiting function or preventing rehabilitation from progressing.

This integrated approach reduces prolonged symptoms and supports confident return to sport, work and daily activity.

Meet your knee specialist physiotherapists

Book your specialist knee appointment

Specialist knee appointments are available at our Gosport, Clanfield and Emsworth clinics. 

Self-funding appointments can be booked online. Simply select your preferred knee appointment, clinic location and clinician when booking.

Book a Specialist Knee Appointment Online →

Our specialist clinics are held on selected days each week and may book several weeks in advance. If no appointments are showing for your preferred clinician, please contact us as additional availability may sometimes be possible.

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Please contact us on 0330 133 9090 or [email protected] and we'll be happy to help.

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