A small change in how you walk may help reduce knee pain

Emily Miller, a postdoctoral fellow at the Movement Bioengineering Laboratory at the University of Utah, walks in a motion capture lab, where researchers can measure her motion, estimate the loading in her knee and give her real-time feedback to change her walking pattern. Scott Uhlrich, right, director of the lab, also measures her motion using smartphone video. Courtesy of Dan Hixson/University of Utah

Changing your gait may help you reduce knee arthritis pain. And the relief could be comparable to the effect of over-the-counter pain medications.

In a study published earlier this month, adults with mild to moderate osteoarthritis were trained to point their toes slightly in or out to shift the load on their knees while they walked. That small change in walking gait helped alleviate th