August 1st, 2021

// Weak at the Knees: Strengthening Your Knees So You Can Keep Up With Your Workout

Weak at the Knees: Strengthening Your Knees So You Can Keep Up With Your Workout

If you're one of the millions of Americans who struggle with chronic knee pain, you're not alone. Among the many difficulties wrought by stiff or painful knees, this specific type of pain can place severe limitations placed on your workouts.

By now, most people are aware of the critical importance of maintaining a regular exercise regime for long-term health. So don't let weak knees stop you from hitting the elliptical machine or attending that yoga session. Here are some of the best ways to strengthen your knees and fend off chronic knee pain.

Massage

Ancient healing practitioners have utilized the power of massage for millennia because it works. Massage can help relieve pain, increase circulation, and improve healing in aching knees so that you can get back to your regular workouts. 

Best of all, you can massage your own knees—no need to hire an expensive masseuse. You can find videos that explain the techniques you can use at home to administer a DIY knee massage. In addition to focusing on the knees, massaging the thigh and calf muscles can also help relieve the pain in your knees.

Knee Replacement

In 2017, more than 700,000 people in America received knee replacement surgery. This type of surgery is one of the more common (and safer) invasive procedures. While it is most often performed on patients with chronic arthritis, it is also useful for those who have experienced a traumatic knee injury or a similar problem. The procedure has an enormous success rate and hopeful long-term prognosis in terms of greatly reducing or totally eliminating knee pain.

Talk to your doctor if you are interested in knee replacement, and they can discuss your options with you. After a healing period after the surgery, this procedure could enable you to get back into your regular workouts.

Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Chronic inflammation, in addition to driving the disease process in several conditions, also contributes to chronic knee pain. Accordingly, you should consider adding more powerful anti-inflammatory food choices or supplements into your daily routine. Examples of effective anti-inflammatory foods include garlic, ginger, turmeric, cruciferous vegetables like broccoli or kale, omega-3 oils from fish, and cinnamon.

Medications

In the unfortunate instance that natural interventions fail to eliminate knee pain, there is the option for pharmaceuticals to relieve your chronic pain. Acetaminophen, for example, is one of the more common over-the-counter drugs that can effectively manage pain.

However, you should remember that these pain relievers don’t heal your injured knee. Continuing to do high-impact workouts on a damaged knee could do serious harm to the joint. If there is a deeper problem, you should talk with your physician about treatment options.Try some of these strategies out on your own and see which ones work best for you. Remember: if you experience knee pain, you are not alone. Reach out to family, friends, or even one of the many online supp

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