Knees, Knees, Woe the Knees
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RunnerDudePosted
Sat 31 Oct 2009 11:01pm
In two recent posts, I shared two main causes of knee pain for runners— Iliotibial Band Syndrome and muscle imbalance. There are a few other culprits that may be worth... other knee problems that might be causing the pain.
Another possibility for your knee pain could be leg-length discrepancy (one leg shorter than the other). My good friend Gary
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Patella Exercise to Avoid Locked Knees and Reduce Knee Pain
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Aliesa GeorgePosted
Thu 28 Jan 2010 11:43am
If you’re one of those folks who has a tendency to lock your knees, and may occasionally be bothered with knee pain… Here’s a video with a quick and easy exercise you can practice just about anywhere to help strengthen the muscles around the knee joint, become more aware of the difference between a locked and unlocked knee, and learn how to stabilize
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Knee Surgery Update – Hitting The Ski Slopes without My Knee Brace
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kimduessPosted
Tue 08 Jun 2010 10:37pm
I recently went skiing without my knee brace at 10 months post ACL knee surgery. It was a mental challenge – not physical. Here is my video blog update with details.
For more of my ‘knee surgery journey’ posts, and to find out how I recovered so fast, please click here.
To your health,
Kim Duess
You-Be-Healthy.com
Twitter.com/kduess
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Deep Knee Bends And Deep Knee Bend Jumps Improve Vertical Jumps
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Mark D.Posted
Fri 03 Jul 2009 1:35pm
Deep knee bends and deep knee bend jumps will help improve your vertical jump height.....also, the fastest players often have the highest vertical leaps.
Deep knee bends will strengthen your knees and ligaments around them. Having strong, stable knee structures will influence how high you can jump.
For deep knee bends, make sure that your back is straight
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Knee Surgery Update – Hitting The Ski Slopes without My Knee Brace
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kimduessPosted
Tue 23 Mar 2010 6:21pm
I recently went skiing without my knee brace at 10 months post ACL knee surgery. It was a mental challenge – not physical. Here is my video blog update with details.
For more of my ‘knee surgery journey’ posts, and to find out how I recovered so fast, please click here.
To your health,
Kim Duess
You-Be-Healthy.com
Twitter.com/kduess
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Don't Neglect A Painful Knee Cap - Reduce Your Knee Pain
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drbracecoPosted
Sat 09 May 2009 6:56pm
Do you want to learn about ways to help treat a painful knee cap?
Whether you have this knee problem when you are walking, or running, or doing other activities... can be a result of a direct blow to the knee. On the other hand, a chronic painful knee cap can be due to the fact that you might have some twisted or otherwise injured
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Running does not cause knee pain - faulty posture causes knee pain
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Matt WhiteheadPosted
Wed 10 Mar 2010 3:24pm
on the knee. This current claim sounds almost like a rebuttal to the big Stanford running study- running is good for you, not bad- that David had mentioned in his previous post. So once again, researchers are making a villain out of movement when the real culprit is the position of the knee.
If the problem is actually the position of the joint
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Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Is Not a Cure for Knee Pain Sufferers
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Dr. Alexandra Schnee, D.CPosted
Sun 20 Jun 2010 2:30pm
The medical community has long known that arthroscopic knee surgery is not a cure, and unfortunately the surgery often leaves a patient’s knee vulnerable to future cartilage or meniscus tears and it creates more arthritis in the knee. These are the very same conditions that are supposedly being ‘fixed’ with arthroscopic knee surgery.
I found
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