Recent Posts Tagged With 'knees'

• Needing A Leg Up

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 07:41 in knees

  QUESTION    I am 51 years old. I have a torn knee ligament that dates back to my soccer days. I’m pretty fit and do almost all the leg exercises, including squats, lunges, leg extensions, leg presses, curls, and calf raises without ...

• SMOKING JOINTS?

  Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 08:02 in knees

  QUESTION I read somewhere that Pain, pain go away smokers with knee osteoarthritis suffer greater cartilage loss and more severe pain than their nonsmoking counterparts. My queries: 1. How can smoking affect cartilage? 2. What is the reason for the ...

• Getting A Knee Up

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 01:33 in knees

  QUESTION    My knees ache from all the squats and lunges I do, esp when I lift heavy weights. Do those elastic bands that tennis players wear help? I’ve heard they can stabilize the joints.  ANSWER     Incorrect ...

• JOINT ACTION

  Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 07:34 in knees

  QUESTION    I am 23 years old. Three months ago I started doing exercises like squats and pushups. Lately I’ve begun feeling severe pain in my knee joints while sitting down and standing up, i.e. while  bending my knees. I used ...

• The Recipe For Strong KNEES

  Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 01:48 in knees

         You don’t  have to be  a sports jock or a former  soccer player to end up with a  bum knee. Believe it or not, doctors see more regular folk than sports jocks coming in with knee pain, of...