Here's the pattern I see over and over with runners.

You did the PT: the clamshells, the band walks, the bridges, the whole sheet. You got cleared. You built back up. Then somewhere around mile four or five, your knee started talking again.

So you do the logical thing.

Break out the ice the knee and ibuprofen.

Pull out those old PT exercises.

Back off the mileage a little, then a little more.

Your squats get shallower.

You death-grip the handrail on the stairs.

The weekly run with your friends ... off the calendar.

You get resigned to the fat that you now have a "bad knee" (it's a technical term 😝).

But your knee doesn't work alone. When your hip or ankle isn't moving well, your knee ends up in a custody battle between them. It gets twisted. It can take it for a while. Then it can't.

In the new post, I break down:

• Why where it hurts isn't always where it starts and why stretching the "tight" spot keeps not working
• Why PT got you back to your life but was never built to get you back to your long run
• The pain rules I use with clients so you can stop bouncing between walking on eggshells and pushing through pain
• Whether you actually need to stop running (usually not)

​Read it here: Why Knee Pain When Running Isn't Always Just a Knee Problem →​

If you're tired of signing up for races just to defer again when the pain comes back, this one's for you.

Because once you trust your knee again, the question gets a lot more fun: what do you want to do with it?

-A

P.S. Not a knee person? The same logic applies to hips, Achilles, plantar fascia, and low backs. The spot that hurts is often the one doing someone else's job.

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