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👨💻Three SUPER SIMPLE adjustments you can make in your day to help with your knee pain. * featuring a special Milos guest 🐈 ✅ These modifications won’t solve your issue - you need a tailored program specific to your injury or pain. If you need any help with this shoot me a message. 📈 These changes aren’t going to be immediate pain relievers. BUT when done consistently and for longer periods of time the effect compounds. So stick with them! 1️⃣ Avoid being stagnant for hours: no joint likes to stay in the one position for long periods, particularly irritable ones. Get it moving! Small bends at your desk not pushing into pain can help loosen things up - try do it regularly. You can even try getting up for some water or a quick walk around the office. 2️⃣ Avoid excessive knee bend sitting: the more you bend your knee the joint spaces narrow, which is usually fine and not problematic. But if you have an irritable joint and you sit for hours with those spaces close together it can keep things a little more tender. Again, we’re in the compounding game here. By itself or not done often won’t do much. But be consistent with it. Besides it’s a super easy change. It’s worth adding it into your tool box. 3️⃣ Minimise how much you use your sore side on stairs: this is a massive one. Unlike the other positions, stairs inherently place significantly greater load through the joint. By performing these one at a time “good leg to heaven, bad leg to hell” you basically negate any need for your sore side to be involved in the movement. Yes it will take you longer, but eliminating a huge proportion of high joint force throughout the day (especially high volumes if you’re in offices) will absolutely compound over time. 👉 Remember these are SHORT-TERM adjustments to see if we can get you through the day more comfortably. You still need to address what’s causing the irritation and establish a plan to actually solve the issue - not run away from it. ** not applicable for patella tendinopathy/tendinitis as this presentation requires regular/progressive patella tendon loading. #kneepain #kneearthritis #kneeosteoarthritis #kneepainexercises

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