The definitive guide to knee pain during lunges.
Make no mistake about it. Lunges are one of the best lower body exercises you can perform.
The problem?
A lot of people complain about knee pain when doing different kinds of lunges.
So, do lunges hurt your knees, or is there some more mysterious afoot? Let’s investigate.
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Are you dealing with shoulder and neck pain? [video]
In many cases, shoulder and neck pain are symptoms and not the actual problem. If only treat the area that is in pain, you will never resolve the issue.
Too often, a part of the body is not properly assessed for its role in the both neck and shoulder pain. The thoracic spine. It is the fancy piece of real estate between the neck and the low back.
How to train around pain.
The fact of the matter is, pain can bring each one of these situations to a grinding halt. Even worse, if the pain is left unchecked it usually gets worse and can even cause pain in different parts of the body.
It is not uncommon for a right ankle or knee issue to cause pain in the low back or the opposite hip and knee. I will explain how at a later date. The short answer as to how this happens is that everything is connected.
Tell your doctor to go pound sand.
No disrespect for these health care professionals, but their evaluations skills are average at best. And, they often do not have the time to truly evaluate someone even if their skills are not subpar.
And, treating pain with meds only attempts to deal with your symptoms. It DOES NOT deal with the underlying problem that is causing the pain.