There are three major factors that make professional and recreational athletes susceptible to anterior cruciate ligament, otherwise known as ACL, tears: poor form, muscular imbalance and knee instability. Deciding which factor was the primary...
The knee is a major synovial hinge joint in the leg. Located at the articulation between the femur and tibia in the lower leg and the femur in the upper leg, the knee is a crucial joint in human locomotion. The stability of the knee joint is...
According to MayoClinic.com, weak muscles are a leading cause of knee injuries, so improving your strength, balance and flexibility can assist in preventing knee injuries. The major muscle groups that control the knee joint are the quadriceps and...
The knee joint is composed of bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons, and all play a role in providing knee stability. Therefore, if one of these structures is stretched or torn, the knee may lose significant stability. Perform a physical exam to...
Whether you have been injured and are undergoing physiotherapy or you're an athlete looking for ways to prevent knee trouble, knee stabilizing exercises can help. Strengthening the muscles surrounding your knee joint is important to take some of...
Your knee is a complex joint composed of the bottom of the femur, or thigh bone, and the top of the tibia, or shin bone. These two structures are held together by four major ligaments and supported by a number of muscles. If one or more of the...
The knee joint is often injured during sports and everyday life. The improvement in stability of the joint can lead to a reduction in the risk of injury. Strengthening the muscles that surround the knee joint contributes to improved joint...
Stability ball exercises can help you strengthen your knees, leg and hip muscles and joints, and the stabilizing muscles in your spine. Increasing your range of motion in your hip joints and ankles will help you avoid knee pain because your knees...
The muscles that stabilize the knee include the quadriceps, hamstrings and calves. The quads stabilize the knee from the front, the hamstrings stabilize the back of the knee and the gastrocnemius muscle of the calf stabilizes the sides of the...
Almost one in three Americans over the age of 45 suffer from some kind of knee pain, reports MayoClinic.com. While knee pain can be the result of injuries or overuse, one of the main causes of knee injury is weak hamstring and quadriceps muscles....
Your knee is a dynamic joint in the body and is responsible for the promotion of normal gait, running, and movement in your legs. Maintaining healthy joints is important for long-term use of your limbs, your legs included. Speak to your physician...
The knees are one of the hardest working joints of the body, and they are a common site of injury, pain and degeneration. Keeping the knees healthy to protect against injury and healing a current knee injury depends on strengthening and...
To strengthen your knee joint, you must carefully strengthen the muscles surrounding your knees on both sides of the joint -- your quadriceps and hamstrings. The muscles of your lower leg will strengthen with regular walking. When walking, if you...
An athlete's ability to sense and adjust the alignment of her knees is crucial to his ability to prevent bone, joint, muscle and ligament injuries. Balance training, in conjunction with leg muscle strengthening exercises, enhances knee ligament...
Invasive knee replacement surgery requires pain medication and weeks of rehabilitation. If you want to avoid the operation, you may use acupuncture, massage or heat therapy to treat your knee pain. You may also exercise, which will help you...
Whether skipping through a meadow or slogging through the mud, knees enable human mobility on such a constant basis that their dependable functioning rarely gets noticed until something goes wrong. These sturdy marvels of anatomical engineering...
The knee is the largest joint in the body. It is subject to wear and tear as the result of physical activity, obesity and certain autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. An orthopedic surgeon may suggest a total knee replacement when...
The lunge is an effective leg exercise that can be done while holding a weight or by just using body weight. If you have knee problems, though, the standard lunge can be painful or difficult to perform. The incline lunge is done with the same...
Both weightlifting and aerobic exercise can strengthen the muscle, tendon and bone tissue surrounding your knees. The knee is a hinged joint and inherently unstable, so targeting any nearby anatomical structure that improves knee-strength and...
The hamstrings are important for the maintenance of knee joint stability as you straighten and bend your leg, and as you jump and land. If you neglect to train your hamstrings, you are at greater risk to injure your anterior cruciate ligament, or...
Knee arthritis is when the cartilage in your knee deteriorates, which causes pain and joint instability. Treatment includes resistance exercises such as leg extensions on machines, which strengthen your thigh muscles. However, performing leg...
Two main ligaments support the sides of the knee. The medial collateral ligament supports the inside of the knee, and the lateral collateral ligament supports the outside. These ligaments work to provide side-to-side support of the knee, and...
A closed kinetic chain exercise is one in which your foot or arm maintains continual contact with the floor or exercise machine. In comparison, open kinetic chain exercises might improve strength and knee torque. While a combination of both closed...
Strengthening your knees can minimize your risk of injury and improve other weight-bearing joints, such as your ankles and hips. However, you need to first improve ankle and hip mobility and stability, which will influence how strong and stable...
The position of your knees, about halfway between your ankles and hips, makes them vulnerable to injury. Preventing these injuries requires a proactive approach, which sometimes uses the exercises performed to treat existing injuries. The most...
A fitted knee brace can greatly reduce the discomfort of a knee injury. Not all knee injuries are the same, however, therefore there are different braces for different injuries. Your doctor will know the best brace for your specific injury....
If you want to get technical, the name for the muscle that forms that teardrop shape around your knees is the vastus medialis. This muscle is part of a group of four muscles that form your quadriceps, or the front of your thighs. The teardrop...
The lunge is a compound movement that works a variety of muscle groups in one exercise. The lunge targets the quadriceps, the major muscle group at the front of your legs. Your quadriceps are a large muscle and responsible for enabling your body...
Walking, running, kneeling, squatting, jumping...our knees surely take a lot of abuse and endure all of it as best they can. When you take a close look at the knee, you'll see it's really a complex and intricate joint. There are more than a few...
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