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My name is Brock Armstrong and I am the Get Fit Guy.

If your knees or your shoulders or your ankles or whatever grind, creak, great, pop, thump, crack,

or maybe even crunch when you move through a particular range of motion,

you have a thing called crepitus. But don't worry. It's not as bad as it sounds. And in this

episode, I will explain why your joints make that noise and what you can do about it. So get fit

guy podcast listener or blog reader reader Brian wrote to me earlier today

and he said, Hi, Brock. I just received news from my doctor that I have crepitous in my right knee.

It does not hurt a lot and I have not seen a physical therapist yet. I stopped running and I am using

the rice protocol on my knee,

but do you have any other suggestions? What exercises do you suggest? Should I put a knee brace on?

Thanks for your help. Well, after doing some deep breathing exercises, so I didn't lose my control,

this is what I wrote back to Brian. First off, crepitus is not a condition.

It is simply a way of saying noisy body part. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong per se,

especially if it isn't paired with pain. Although it can be annoying, most of us get crepitous in one joint or another as we age.

And yes, there are things that we can do to minimize it, but please don't wear a knee brace.

Unless you have pain and a very particular type of injury, a knee brace will most often make matters worse.

You need to allow your joints to move through their full range of

motion. It's when we stop using our full range of motion that we allow problems to become bigger

and harder to correct. If you are concerned about this issue, go and see a physical therapist

or a sports doctor who specializes in joint function.

Frankly, your doctor doesn't sound like they have a lot of training or understanding of this

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