Secret to Climbing Stairs without Knee Pain-Exercise Included

Climbing stairs is a common cause of knee pain. In this video I focus on the most common problem that leads to knee pain from climbing stairs and I provide some simple exercises to help you fix the problem. When you learn how to coordinate your waist action with your hip action, you can walk up stairs with vertical posture, minimal effort, and no added stress to your knees.

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Basic Stair Climbing Tips
1. Keep the feet facing forward: Turned out feet cause the weight to settle over the inside of the foot, ankle, and knee. Over time this will wear out the connective tissues resulting in injury and degeneration.
2. Keep the posture vertical at all times: There is no need to bend over as you walk up stairs correctly. Bending over adds stress to the lower back and also distributes the weight unevenly over the feet.
3. After placing the heel on a step, then bring the forefoot down, then shift the weight forward and up (I will explain in this video), then push directly up with the forward leg hip.

Shifting the knee too far forward when climbing stairs will cause knee pain.

00:00 Introduction
01:10 Three phases to walking up stairs
01:58 The problem phase
04:19 2 Exercises
07:29 Final Practice

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