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Knee Pain Tips

Do you have knee pain?

Me too. Thankfully I can tap into the best professionals to help you.

My friend Rick Kaselj has these tips for you:

  • Always work a full range of motion as much as possible. If you can’t complete the full range of motion pain free, do the ROM that you can.
  • Develop muscular strength and endurance at the hip. You can accomplish this by doing exercises like the stiff legged dead lift:

 

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  • Cycling is helpful to allow blood flow to the the knee, particularly if you have cartilage damage (like me).
  • Stretching and foam rolling helps immeasurably. Typically the quads and IT band tend to be very tight and can contribute to knee pain.
  • Watch your posture and habits while standing. You can take your knees out of stress just by being conscious of this.

Rick suggests getting outside medical attention if your knee pain doesn’t subside in a few days.

If you want more tips from Rick, he can help you here.

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4 Responses to "Knee Pain Tips"

  • Lisa says:
    June 6, 2012 at 4:12 am

    Great advice! especially the foam rolling for IT band. Wondering if you know of any other stretches for the IT band. Also you say to do an exercise that you can do with full range of motion. I was wondering about lunges. I can not do a full range of motion lunge (meaning can not get the back knee to the floor) due to knee pain. Lunges are a great exercise for the legs. I have been doing the lunges, but not in the sense of full range motion. What exercise could I substitute for the lunges or should I be doing them with support in order to get the full range of motion?

  • Shawna says:
    June 8, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    Lisa,
    Have you tried a bulgarian split squat? Reverse hip lifts are good as well. The full range of motion is not good if it irritates the knee. Another good IT band stretch is to sit on the floor, cross the leg over the other and pull the knee towards the shoulder. Also, lay on the floor, cross the right knee over the left hip, keep shoulders on the floor, put the left hand on the right knee to try to touch both the right knee and the right shoulder on the floor.

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