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Knee pain, explained and fixed one step at a time: what causes it, how to calm it down, and the exercises that keep it from coming back.

Latest · October 19, 2026 · 2 min read

How to Relieve Knee Pain, Part 4: Get Strong

The part that keeps the pain from coming back. Part four of four: four exercises that build the muscle around the knee, with reps and sets, and how the whole sequence fits together.

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October 12, 2026 · 2 min

How to Relieve Knee Pain, Part 3: Lengthen

You started walking on your lunch break and now your knees ache. Part three of four: why stretching works now and not before, and…

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October 5, 2026 · 2 min

How to Relieve Knee Pain, Part 2: Calm It Down

Before you stretch anything, the inflammation has to come down. Part two of four: the four foam roller releases I start every client on,…

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October 1, 2026 · 2 min

The Key to Squatting Without Knee Pain

The squat is not a complicated movement, but done wrong it will give you serious knee pain. The one correction that fixes it, and…

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September 28, 2026 · 2 min

How to Relieve Knee Pain, Part 1: What You Do Every Day

Chronic knee pain is the second most common chronic pain in the US. Part one of four: the stairs fix that stopped my own…

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September 16, 2026 · 3 min

5 Exercises That Protect Your Knees While You Lose Weight

Losing 10 pounds can take up to 40 pounds of pressure off your knees. These are the five exercises I start almost every client…

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September 16, 2026 · 3 min

Things I Used to Do Before My Knees Had Opinions

Ten years ago I threw flips off rooftops for fun. This year I turned 30 and my knees started negotiating. What changed, what I…

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July 31, 2026 · 3 min

How Joint-Friendly Exercise Can Reduce Chronic Knee and Back Pain

People avoid exercise because they fear it will make the pain worse. It is the most understandable instinct there is, and it is backwards.…

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