Knee injuries can occur when you experience a direct blow to your knee or due to overuse injuries from frequent twisting, jumping, and hard falls. Some of the common knee injuries include a tear in knee ligaments, dislocated kneecap, knee fracture, tendonitis, bursitis, and tendon tear. Each of these injuries involves a different part of your knee. It has been shown that the … [Read more...]
5 Ways To Prevent Knee Pain When Exercising
If you suffer from knee pain, you’re not alone. Knee pain is the second most common type of chronic pain, and one-third of all Americans have experienced it at some point during their lives, including while exercising. The five tips listed below can help you prevent knee pain during your workouts. 1. Start Slow Joint pain, especially in the knees, often comes as a result … [Read more...]
4 Knee Pain Myths Uncovered
There is a wealth of information available about all kinds of health conditions and injuries. For the most part, that’s a good thing. But there is risk as well, because not all this data is accurate, and perhaps even worse, some people use generic information from the Internet as a substitute for a doctor’s advice. To the greatest extent possible, it’s important to separate … [Read more...]
Tennis Ball Tricks for Relieving Pain in your Back, Neck, Shoulders, Hip, Knees, Feet and more… (Video Included)
A chronic lack of sleep, a crowded subway or long commute, a sedentary lifestyle with hours on hours of sitting in an uncomfortable office chair looking at a 15-inch screen all take their toll on our bodies and lead us down the road of painful back, neck, and leg problems. In this fast world many don’t have the luxury or taking a break and visiting a physiotherapist or … [Read more...]
5 Simple Strengthening Exercises for Knee Pain
Knees are the most commonly injured joints in the body. Simple, everyday wear and tear can end up hurting your mobility. Knee strengthening exercises are one of the best ways to avoid injuries and to treat knee pain. Knee pain can happen when we twist it unexpectedly, or you were involved in an accident, or have arthritis or other form of health problem. The pain can range … [Read more...]
Stiff Knees? 7 Simple Ways You Can Banish Joint Pain For Good
In the world today there is an increase in the cases of joint pains. In fact, a national survey has shown that around 30% of adults had had joint pains the previous one month. Experts have attributed these pains to conditions like arthritis, gout, strains and all sorts of injuries. Among the various forms of joint pains, it has been discovered that knee pains are the most … [Read more...]
7 Proven Exercises to Help Alleviate Knee Pain
If your knees are giving you problems when getting out of bed or during your daily activities, you are not alone. Numbers show that nearly 50 million Americans feel the same way. In fact, knees are the most commonly injured joints in the body - which shouldn't come as much of a surprise, considering their everyday use, causing wear and tear. Simply walking up the stairs, for … [Read more...]
5 Foot Exercises To Relieve Back, Hip, And Knee Pain in Less Than 20 Minutes
It is difficult to think of our feet as a major contributor towards the overall health of our body. However, fact is that among external aspects, the feet are the hardest working part of your body. Just by taking a proper care of your feet you can prevent, hip, knee and back pain. Here are 5 exercises that will help improve your balance, help prevent pain and strengthen your … [Read more...]
Painful Knees – Ultimate Marathon Killer
The name “Marathon” has an interesting origin. It comes from the legend of Pheidippides who was a Greek messenger. According to the legend, he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to carry the message that the Persians had been defeated. He ran the entire distance without stopping and when he burst into the assembly he yelled “we have won!” and then collapsed and … [Read more...]
