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Do your knees bother you with daily tasks such as walking, stairs, bending/squatting or with your daily exercise program?  If you live, or have previously lived, an active lifestyle, you may be familiar with knee pain.  Or, you may just have been unfortunately blessed with arthritic changes in your knees and have pain without any specific injury.  I have some information that your knees could greatly benefit from: Strengthen your hips!  Knee pain is one of the most common complaints of pain and discomfort, and it may not be enough to only perform knee strengthening exercises. Yes, it's vital to have strong hamstrings and quadriceps, but it's also important to have strong hip rotators and hip extensors (gluteus maximus).  Knee pain could be caused by a number of different pathologies, but regardless of the cause of your knee pain, you should still work on improving the strength and endurance of your hips!  

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