Treatment
12-Week Restorative Knee Program
A focused, twelve-week plan that takes your knee from painful and limited to stronger, steadier, and ready for the activities you have been missing.
The 12-Week Restorative Knee Program is the active healing phase of our knee care. It packs the core in-clinic therapies and a guided home routine into a defined twelve-week window, so you have a clear start, middle, and finish. Dr. Sarah Scharf designs each plan around your exam findings rather than a one-size template.
The twelve weeks are broken into phases. Early on, the focus is calming pain and starting tissue repair with therapies such as laser, shockwave, and Knee-On-Trac decompression. In the middle weeks, we layer in movement correction and strengthening. By the final weeks, you are loading the knee in the ways daily life and your favorite activities actually demand. Progress is measured at checkpoints throughout.
A defined timeline keeps care from drifting. You know what each phase is for, you can see improvement against earlier checkpoints, and you finish with a knee that moves better and a clear sense of how to keep it that way. The aim is durable function, not a temporary dip in pain.
FAQFrequently Asked Questions
It suits patients ready to commit to focused care over a set period, especially those with ongoing knee pain who want measurable progress instead of open-ended treatment.
Visits combine hands-on care, technology-driven therapies, and coaching on your home exercises. Each one builds on the last, and nothing about it is invasive.
Tissue healing and movement retraining take time to take hold. Twelve weeks gives the body enough room to repair and adapt while keeping the plan focused and easy to track.
Some knees need longer, and that is normal. If yours does, we talk it through openly, and many patients step into the 6-Month Maintenance Program to protect their gains.
Coverage for restorative programs is often limited under traditional plans. We are transparent about the investment and offer payment plans so you can move forward without guesswork.
Marin Joint HealthLasting relief from knee and joint pain without surgery
If knee or joint pain is holding you back, our doctors treat the root cause, not just the symptoms, without surgery or drugs.