Knee Pain

LACEY (WA) – With spring in the air and summer quickly approaching, many of us are getting outside more—walking, gardening, playing with kids or grandkids. But along with this increase in activity, we often see a rise in knee pain complaints. That’s why I want to share some practical tips and a true story from one of our

LACEY (WA)– Over the past few weeks, we’ve covered a lot about knee pain. We’ve talked about three everyday habits that make knee pain worse—like wearing the wrong shoes, sitting with bent legs, and being too inactive. We also looked at three so-called “quick fixes” that don’t actually help: painkillers, resting, and wearing a knee

LACEY (WA) – Many people believe that when they get knee pain, it will eventually “ease off” and go away on its own. They assume that when they wake up one morning it will be like magic making the knee pain a thing of the past. However, 6 months later you’re still living with the

LACEY (WA) – I’ve had a lot of questions about knee pain coming in recently, and as we’ve started this series on knee pain I wanted to tell you about this common problem I see people come into the clinic for. I received this question emailed to me last week by a confused reader of

LACEY (WA) – A patient came into the clinic a few weeks ago limping with knee pain and asked, “I’ve had this knee pain for a few weeks now; I’m not sure what I’ve done to it.  I was trying to rest it so that it wouldn’t hurt, but it didn’t help.  Whenever I stand