knee pain

[Poser]

I would emphasize strengthening your hamstrings; that will really help stabilize your knee. I also find doing banded adductors very beneficial.

I found this to be beneficial as well. Good Mornings, uncomfortable (and downright brutal once the weight gets heavy) as they are, seemed to me to be the most beneficial as you can really stretch the hamstrings under load in a mechanically disadvantaged manner.

 

[brancher147]

Lots of good advice for exercises and strengthening. Need to get an MRI to know what is wrong. It will also be helpful to monitor your knee issue through the years to have an MRI now. I have had torn meniscus in both knees, one I had surgery and a terrible recovery over 2 years. The other I felt tear and pop, got an MRI and confirmed complex tear meniscus and I rehabbed it and let it heal itself and it has been fine. Just remember whatever the MRI shows you don’t necessarily need surgery and most orthopedics you see will recommend surgery because that is all they know…tears and other injuries can heal and surgery doesn’t always fix things so consider all your options and get a second or third opinion if you don’t like what you hear. Good luck