After more than a decade in the fitness industry, I’ve developed a few nagging aches and pains. Most of my 20s were spent doing long runs and high-impact workouts, and now my knees are paying the price.

I decided to take a step back and address my chronic knee issues once and for all by strengthening the muscles around them.

Banded lateral walks are one of my favorite exercises to build lower-body strength and stability, and I knew that doing them regularly might reduce my pain. I added them to my routine every day for a full month, and the results were almost immediate. You may like

I did calf raises every day for 30 days and it massively reduced my knee pain and made running easier

A physical therapist says weakness in this one muscle could be contributing to knee and back pain and

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