Welcome back to Get Fit Guy. I'm your host, Dr. Jonathan Sue. Every week, I'll share science-backed

tips to help you get fit, stay fit, and optimize performance. Knee pain affects sedentary people

who are just getting back into exercise, just as much as fit

people who have been exercising for a while. Not even athletes who are accustomed to pushing their

bodies to the limits can escape the wrath of exercise-related knee pain. In this post, I'm going to share a simple six-minute solution to this all-too-common

problem that you can do right at home.

But first, let's talk more about what causes exercise-related knee pain and have to tell

if this solution is right for you.

Believe it or not, the type of knee pain I most frequently see in my

physical therapy practice is not a result of a traumatic injury, such as a fall, a twist, a hard

landing from a jump, or blunt force to the knee. The most common knee pain I see is a result of

repetitive movements with activities such as

squatting, walking, running, jumping, or stair climbing. This pain is typically located in or around

the front of the knee and feels dull, but it can also be sharp. Having seen thousands of cases of exercise-related knee pain,

I believe it's a result of one or more of the following.

1. Underdeveloped core muscles of the trunk and side-up hip muscles, the gluteus medius,

that are unable to meet the demands placed on them.

2. An over-reliance on the front-of-thigh muscles, the quadriceps,

and an under-reliance on the back of thigh, the hamstrings, and butt, the glutes, during repetitive

movements.

3.

Tension in the front of thigh muscles that places undue stress on the structures of the knee.

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