September 2025 Patellofemoral Pain and Squat Mechanics Patellofemoral joint pain (PFJP), or anterior knee pain, is often diagnosed when pain in and around the knee cap occurs while flexing the knee too much as in sitting down or rising from a seated position, going down stairs or hill, jumping (especially landing), and even just sittingRead More
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REAL News – December 2022
December 2022 Knee OA Does NOT Excuse You From Squats & Lunges For those who suffer with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee(s), the often painful and sometimes threatening idea of a squat or lunge might stand in the way of both therapy and fitness training. We have covered this topic with respect to causes, effects,Read More
REAL News – August 2022
August 2022 Single-Leg Squat: A Tried & True Exercise for Life It’s rare that we promote any one exercise for any and all people, but some things just make sense. Other than sitting or standing still, invariably we live on one leg at a time. Therefore it makes sense to perform some lower body exercisesRead More
Are there any strength exercises we should all do, somehow?
The world of fitness and exercise is full of charlatans, pseudo-experts, and experts – often the same people at any one point in time. I know: I have been one of these at some point in time, the difference between these characterizations and how I’ve played them is that I seriously have tried not toRead More