Adjei, MD Exercise can be a safe and effective way to help ease knee pain. It can help by strengthening the muscles around the knee, improving stability, and reducing strain on the joint. 1. Calf ...

Regaining confidence in knee movement is key. And when you’re experiencing knee pain, trusting yourself to complete a ...

Knee pain affects millions of people, often because the muscles that support the joint—especially the quadriceps, hamstrings, ...

Fitness coach Jeff Cavaliere knows that working out pain-free is critical to lasting progress. On Nov. 16, 2025, he broke ...

Upgrading your tendon’s ability to do this is essential for healthy joints. If you’ve injured a tendon, focus on spending more time strengthening in the lengthening phase of the exercise… Where you’re ...

The most effective kind of exercise will vary based on the individual and how advanced their arthritis is. Here’s how to choose the right regimen for you.

Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MD, MPH, is a rheumatologist at Hartford Healthcare Medical Group in Connecticut. She is board-certified in both rheumatology and internal medicine. Osteoarthritis is a ...

Running and the knee have a PR problem. Despite lots of research to the contrary, many people still presume a high-impact activity like running is bad news for your knees. Equally, it’s also true knee ...

Physical therapy is routinely recommended for knee pain attributed to a degenerative meniscal tear, but its efficacy has not been established. We randomly assigned participants 45 to 85 years of age ...

Along with bruised toenails, chafing and blisters, hip pain is one of those annoying-yet-all-too-common side effects of running. In fact, in a 2018 survey of 675 marathon runners, nearly half of the ...