Category Archives for Joint Health / Pain
How Does Muscle Strengthening Help Knee Pain?
Conventional Wisdom or the generally accepted belief, opinion, judgment, or prediction about a particular matter is that if you have knee pain, stronger muscles will save you. In particular, the thigh
Continue readingNew Year, New You?
Every New Year, millions of people make promises to themselves in the form of “resolutions”. At the top of the list is some type of change in health and fitness. “I want to lose 20lbs” or “
Continue readingSomething New
My friend and colleague Laurie Kertz Kelly and I have created something new for people with mild to moderate knee pain. We’ve been working on this for several months, released the beta version in October
Continue readingThe 4 Mistakes People Make When Walking for Exercise
So, the pandemic really boosted the number of people I’ve seen out walking. What was once me, our dog Botti and maybe 3 or 4 other people, is now more like a small platoon. Some are probably just walking
Continue readingWhat is Load Tolerance?
KEY CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS Load Tolerance is the amount of pain-free force you can produce or absorb for a specific movement, over a specified period of time and still control the movement. The most
Continue readingHow Does “Cardio” Fit with Osteoarthritis Joint Pain?
I’ve been asked this question, in one form or another, a lot. “Is walking okay to do for my knee pain? I want to get the recommended minutes of activity and make sure I’m burning enough calories
Continue readingStrengthening the Quadriceps Muscles Does Not Reduce Knee Joint Force
This argument is in almost every article, book, protocol on how to overcome knee pain. By strengthening your thigh muscles (quadriceps), you’ll reduce force on the joint and thereby reduce pain. In
Continue readingCan You Fix Your Shoulder Pain By Hanging From a Bar?
Rule of thumb: if you hear that there’s just one thing you can do to fix a physical ailment, like those annoying web page ads that read “Fix XYZ using this one weird trick!”, red flags should almost
Continue readingAre You in A Bad Mood Because You Hurt or Do You Hurt Because You’re in a Bad Mood?
One of my students at OU was never in a bad mood. And I’m not exaggerating. Whenever I spoke with her, which was fairly often, she had a smile and a positive disposition. If she didn’t get
Continue readingThe Case for Doing Less
I imagine that some of you have had some ache or pain, visited a doctor and were told some variation of “take it easy, stop (insert activity), take this medication and if you’re not better in a month,
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