People with knee osteoarthritis are usually guided by healthcare professionals to focus on doing thigh exercises to help improve knee arthritis.

If exercise is supposed to help knee arthritis, why is there more pain during and after exercise?

Are these really the right muscles to focus on?

Could focusing on the wrong muscles possibly be the reason exercising is making your knee hurt more?

In this video, Dr. David explains to you 7 reasons why stronger thigh muscles make knee arthritis worse.

▶ Here are glute exercise videos that Dr. David mentioned in this video:
“Top 5 Glute Muscle Exercises For Knee Pain”
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“Top 6 Standing Glute Exercises To Help Knee Pain”
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00:00 7 Reasons Why Stronger Thigh Muscles Make Knee Arthritis Worse
01:14 Reason #1 Strong Quads OverPressurize The Knee Cap.
02:10 Reason #2 Strong Quads Pull The Shin Bone Up
03:30 Reason #3 Strong Hamstrings Pull The Shin Bone Up
05:32 Reason #4 Quads Are Knee Decelerators
08:41 Reason #5 Hamstrings Are Knee Decelerators
10:06 Reason #6 Increased Resting Muscle Tension
13:25 Reason #7 Quad Muscle Dominance
17:18 Reciprocal Inhibition
20:56 When Can I Focus On Stronger Thigh Muscles?
23:03 What Exercises Should I Avoid?
28:20 Why hasn’t anyone told me this?


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