Re: My knee is killing me! Is this common?

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Hi guys

As far as the knee pain, I am a physical therapist as well. Arthritic knees

usually get better wtih weight loss surgery, but often times, your muscles

become imbalance and you start to walk , sit and stand different. This can cause

different stresses on different parts of your body. In my case it was my back as

my stomach muscles are so non supportive now and now that I'm getting bigger

again....voila.NO SUPPORT.

If you are sitting too long and have trouble getting up, that is typically a

knee cap problem. Do you cross your legs when you sit? See how you are sitting

in your chair ( facing one way vs the other) there are some stretches you can

do,even while you are sitting to reduce the stress on your knees.

Cross your legs and pull your crossed knee to ward your chest. That will help

stretch the IT Band and the lateral muscles. You can also pull you heels behind

you as far as you can in the chair and stretch your quad muscles. Stretch your

hamstrings by putting one leg out in front of you so the knee is straight and

lean forward. Do this particularly if you are sitting for longer than an hour.

The hip flexors are particularly the fiends in knee pain, however its hard to

stretch it from a sitting position. Hope this helps somewhat