How to Exercise With Knee Pain
Knee pain can be debilitating, and it can take all the wind out of your sails if you’re trying to kick off 2024 with a focus on fitness. Whether you’re suffering from an injury or arthritis, working out with pain in your knee is possible so long as you do it safely and smartly. What’s more, knowing how to exercise with pain can help strengthen your knee and get you back to 100%.
How to Exercise With Knee Pain
Shutting down your fitness routine entirely because you have knee pain isn’t the best idea. In fact, you should continue to stay as active as possible while avoiding exercises that put too much stress on your knees, like weighted squats or deep lunges. You should also try to avoid running due to the impact on your knees, though custom orthotics may be able to absorb more of that impact.
You can continue working out with knee pain and use specific exercises and stretches to regain strength and range of motion. Try walking and intermittently increasing your pace, or try leg exercises with minimal knee bending, such as straight leg lifts. Depending on your pain level, you could also lightly work the knee with unweighted seated knee extensions and squats—just be sure to stop immediately if you experience sharp or shooting pain.
It’s always important to stretch before and after working out, and it’s especially helpful if you have knee pain from arthritis or an injury. Butterfly stretches, hamstring stretches, and quadriceps stretches pull in the knee and help you rebuild strength. Stretching every day offers several great health benefits, including less pain.
If you want to get back to your normal exercise routine with less knee pain, chiropractic care may be able to help. Regular adjustments can help relieve pain and tension caused by arthritis or injuries while also helping to improve your health overall. Depending on the severity of your pain, you may also want to consider regenerative medicine, which can help repair tissue and speed up your recovery from issues like runner’s knee.
Somerset Hills Chiropractic Can Help With Knee Pain
Whether you have arthritis in your knees or sustained an injury while running, Somerset Hills Chiropractic can get you back up to speed. Whether it’s lifestyle advice, chiropractic care, or regenerative medicine, we have the tools you need to overcome knee pain and start working out with confidence. Call our team at (908) 221-0808, schedule an appointment, or stop into our offices in Bernardsville, NJ.
Yours in Health,
Dr. Brian Wallace
Dr. Glenn Eigenmann
Dr. Raymond Horman