If you’ve been working out for more than a month, you probably know that leg workouts can be brutal. Throw in some knee pain, mix it up with a more than strict workout partner, blend in some ego, and you have the recipe for a really miserable workout! In this article, I’m going to share some wisdom about how you might approach knee pain.
Knee pain can be the result of many things. In my experience, by far the most common problems are related to a combination of (1) mechanical dysfunction coupled with (2) structural compromise. What this means is that the way someone is moving (mechanics) added to problems with the tissues (structures, i.e. cartilage, muscles, ligaments, etc.) results in pain.
