I recently was asked what exercises/stretches could be done for someone with Runner’s Knee. Since knee injuries are so widespread I thought it would be a good topic for an article. The following discussion isn’t specific to any one type of knee injury, but rather a broader approach to keeping the knees healthy in general.
Typically when someone experiences knee pain, or any other pain for that matter, they look for solutions in the immediate area of their source of pain. In other words, when an individual has knee pain the first question they ask is, “how can I strengthen my knees?”. While in some cases the cause of the pain may be directly related to the surrounding structures, in many cases it is a result of the joints that lie above and below the source of pain. Let me explain. (more…)
