Episode #28 5 Side Leg Exercises to Reduce Knee Pain

Pain in your knee can be caused by muscle weakness or imbalances in your hips.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/-w2wmuvsm8I 

Try any one of these 5 exercises to strengthen your side hip (gluteus minimus and maximus) muscles. You may just get some knee pain relief! They are easy to do.

Your side hip muscles help control where your leg is in space - and they are weak on many people! If your knees collapse inward when you squat, that can add pressure and cause pain in your knees. You likely need to strengthen the side hip muscles.

Try these exercises, find the one that works the best for you. Then add it in to your regular exercise routine. For a couple of the exercises, I use bands around my legs.

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TIMECODES:

00:00 - Intro

00:54 - Exercise #1

01:49 - Exercise #2

02:21 - Exercise #3

03:02 - Exercise #4

04:31 - Exercise #5

05:30 - Bonus Exercise!

05:49 - Wrap up

Healthy Knees For You- Where we share the secrets, steps, and savvy for you reduce - or eliminate- your knee pain so you can live life to the fullest! New videos posted every week on Thursdays! See you next week!

~Robin

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