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Knee Pain Basics Part 2

on August 12, 2010 | by

Programming and Training Thoughts to Reduce Knee Pain In Part I of our series, we discussed my core philosophy behind knee pain, and how to address it from a theoretical standpoint. In case you missed it, check it out via the link below: Knee Pain Basics, Part I In our second edition, we’re going to […]

Knee Pain Basics Part 1

on August 9, 2010 | by

How To Get (And Keep!) Your Knees Healthy for a Lifetime Today we’re going to cover the basics of knee pain – whether you’re an end-user, a trainer/coach, or somewhere in between, I hope this piece gives you an understanding of my core philosophy behind long-term knee health. Rule #1 – Do No Harm! Are […]

Joint Mobility AND Stability

on June 10, 2010 | by

By now, everyone should be familiar with Coach Boyle’s Joint-by-Joint approach to training. In fact, I thought it was so great I tried to take it a step further in my Mobility-Stability Continuum article. (Just watch out for the NSFW pictures – I don’t get much say in what T-muscle promotes in that regard!) But […]

Knee Crepitus Q&A

on June 9, 2010 | by

Mike, I’m a 37-year-old male that has been active all my life, but for the last few years my knees have grinding/crepitus in them with certain movements like squatting. I’ve been to PT, which helped some, but I don’t think it ever fixed the root cause. I don’t have much lateral tracking but I do […]

Knee Stability After Knee Surgery

on May 27, 2010 | by

The other day, Bill and I were having a discussion at IFAST about training clients after knee surgery. If you read a lot of the research out there, it leads us to believe the following: 1 – If you’ve had an ACL tear, even with surgery and rehab, you could be at increased risk for […]

Running and Knee Health

on August 20, 2009 | by

An IFAST member recently passed along the following article from the NY times. When you combine my affinity for anything knee related with the fact that it alludes to joint health benefits of exercise, I was immediately intrigued. Here’s the article: Can Running Actually Help Your Knees? So you read the title and think, “Cool, […]