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Strategies For Knee Pain Management
May 22, 2010 by Katherine Crawford
Filed under Beauty and Fitness
A painful knee can be extremely debilitating psychologically and physically. And anything you do can cause a flare up in pain.
Even more debilitating is the fact that if you don’t find the root cause of the pain, you can end up with permanently damaged cartilage.
So here are 6 strategies to reduce knee pain:
1. Don’t sit down for too long: Unfortunately, sitting down for a long period of time will cause spikes in knee pain. So the best strategy here is to find alternatives. Perhaps you could get a standing stool or you could get an ottoman to rest you legs on when seated.
2. Get a knee compression: Or you could get a simple bandage and if your budget allows, a custom fitted knee brace. Now these are all band aids on the wound, so only use them to appease the pain until you figure out what is going on.
3. Make your quads as strong as possible: This will keep you moving correctly and will keep your knee cap right where it should be. The good news about this is that strengthening your quads is very easy. The technique is simple and straightforward.
4. Keep your hamstrings flexible: Tight hamstrings are very common in people who sit all day, and most people sit all day. Unfortunately, tight hamstrings can cause some serious issues with your knee caps. They can cause them to come out of their groove.
5. Get shoes with good arch support: And also make sure they have lots of cushioning. The more shock your shoes absorb, the less shock your knees absorb. Do not fall into the bad habit of keeping shoes until they are utterly unusable.
6. Reduce your body weight as much as possible: This is one of the most powerful things you can do to provide some relief to your knees. You see, your knees are the primary weight bearing structures in your body. So any weight you lose is going to help here.
Knee pain is not only physically debilitating, but it’s also psychologically debilitating. So make sure you take action here right now if you have knee pain.
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