Your TRUE Knee Pain Cause Is From Your Hip & Ankle / Rarely The Knee Joint Itself!

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So many supposed "Fitness Gurus" gloss over what the true knee pain cause is. They simply say that you have sore knees and to throw a hot or cold pack on and your issues will be solved. This is not true! In fact, rarely are your knee problems coming directly from the knee itself. Because your knee is right in between your ankles and hips, what is going on there is going to impact the knee itself!

For example, if you have weak hips, your legs are going to cave in repeatedly more. If you have tight ankles, your shin bone will cave in more. This is going to cause your knees to collapse inwards more and lead to knee issues. So if you do things like increase your ankle mobility and strengthen your hips, you will perhaps be doing actual exercises for knee pain that solve your issues. This won't work for everyone, but for many people, it will.
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[TaylorsHandle]

This was very true in my case. As soon as I addressed my ankles and internal hip rosin my knees felt instantly better when going up my stairs.

[tedjohnson]

I've watched a zillion videos on this topic (and worked with several PT's), but it wasn't until I saw this video (with your awesome annotated screen captures) that I really was able to (finally) understand what's going on. Bravo!!!

[mrsd]

Jeff, you're a brilliant guy. I really appreciate your work.

[thebiggestlittlecity]

You are a genius! I am an exercise science graduate and going for the physical therapy field. Thanks so much for the generous teaching. I have been trying to catch up with all your videos; and will probably watch it over and over again to retain the knowledge. You are really knowledgeable and great at keep everything short and to the point. Please keep up the brilliant teaching!

[alimehrozi]

great video as usual Jeff it's almost as if you knew that my neighbor was having some knee pain, i'll be sharing this video with her

[shf]

Absolute truth. Don't forget to stretch those adductors also!

[anthonymartinez]

Fantastic video. Many details on mine area's. Great job on this video. Keep up the great work out.

[moshesakal]

Thanks Jeff. That’s helpful. I’ll have to try it out.

[ksblue]

Good, cleat explanation of the problem and it’s remedy, thanks!

[AandA]

Great and on point. Any exercise one can do while sitting at a desk? At work? What about rowing for core stability? Thanks a ton

[leonardomelia]

For those who has alway trained, like me and suddenly happen to have a strong knee pain that seems to catch all the joint and contract also the calf and didn't blame traumatic causes, here what i found: i thought it was ileotibial band syndrome because the pain started on the outside of the knee and other than knee and calf it went up to the hip, i understood later that those were the effects not the causes, and still unaware i cured that aspect strengthening the glutes and gluteus medium while relaxing and softening the TFL, working on one leg stability exercise like lunges as well, it went away a little than after a big run it came again, but now i fixed it, know why? It was the quad and vastus lateralis the entire time. When you stress a lot these muscles with training and u don't strecth or massage deeply they remain contracted and what do they do? They catch and hold the knee cap in an absdurd position against the joint compressing the whole joint, they also thighten the Ileotibial BAND. Do yourself a favour and release your quad and vastus lateralis (foam roller) keep in mind that the vastus lateralis wounds the all leg around till behind where most people think there is the hamstring, so foam roll up and down the front side of the quad like rectus femoris etc, instead roll your leg this time not up and down but from inward to outward at more height levels the vastus lateralis, not up and down this time to not thighten the Fascia that insert in the ileotibial band laterally from the v. l., the TFL instead inserts in the IT vertically so massage it up and down

[stevecooper]

Thanks for this
I came here as i started to get knee pain in both knees this year so i started to stretch my calfs and ankles
I knew my calfs where tight have been for years but my ankles had no flexion when sotting on your haunches i would het 10 seconds and the pain was intense but over y he course of 2 weeks i got to 100 seconds and the knee pain went
Just letting you know if it helps

[pranjalsao]

Thank you very much.. you explain very well.

[gabbyhose]

I have had a sore new for years and it’s always bad when I play sport like netball ect so I have to take it would it have anything to do with the growth plate or not??

[rickkane]

My knee buckles up after my hips arthroscopy surgery.

[zoranagavrilovic]

Can the same kind of knee pain be caused by weak foot arch?

[Chaymaa]

Hey jeff thank you for the video i will be doing this my knees cave in from running every single time, how many times per week please ?

[caninho]

arent we training the tfl when doing the side leg raises on the ground?

[whiskersspot]

So what if there is pain in front of the ankle when I do this?

[saeedsharif]

What did you studied?
That was a true video but it can be also inaccurate (as to the way the patella was wrongfully moved in the grove)