Knees hurt while hiking or walking?

Feels like it comes out of nowhere…

Knee pain can occur in the middle of a walk and more specifically a hike for a few different reasons.

These include overuse, muscle imbalances that may be present, increased inflammation, and/or subtle compensations you may be making due to stiffness or pain ☝🏽

Taking a quick break and doing a few simple movements can be very effective to help relieve the pain ✅

The idea is to take stress off the knee and recruit other muscles to help out 🙌🏼

The knee bends help to activate the hamstrings, the muscles in the back of your thighs ✅

Heel raises work the calf muscles which tend to get really tight with knee pain, especially if you can’t straighten your knee all the way ✅

These are two suggestions and there are many others if these two don’t feel good to you ☝🏽

Most of the time 10-20 repetitions can be a good place to start but you can increase or decrease repetitions if needed 🙌🏼

If you want more tips on how to make walking and hiking possible again with osteoarthritis, I have a free walking guide just for you! Comment “walking tips” down below and I’ll send you the link to get it ❤️

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Not medical advice. Try at your own risk.

[theresathompson]

Wow this worked for me on a recent walk, great tip, thank you. But how/why does it work please, I would love to know?

[Cassums]

Would this also be good to do as a warm up before a hike?

[jimmyjohnjuan]

yeah definitely don't work for because they only hurt after being thrashed. feels like a like I hit a heavy session with high volume and a pr for fundus.

also what brand of shoes are you wearing?

[wildkat]

How about if your lower back always hurts while walking?