It makes sense that carrying a little extra weight means more forces through your joints. What is amazing is how much extra force body weight can cause. Just walking results in a force equal to three times your body weight going through the knee but wait until you find out what running and jumping do!

Finding ways to reduce knee joint pain, can help provide you with better mobility and help recover from a knee injury. Different causes can lead to knee joint pain. Knee tendonitis, knee osteoarthritis, knee bursitis, torn ligament, or torn cartilage are some common types of knee pain. Knee pain can result from a sports injury, or just aging, where knee osteoarthritis or knee tendonitis can tend to happen. Knee tendonitis seems to be he most common knee injury. Different knee pain injuries, will result in different symptoms.

It is easy to find information on knee replacement surgery but learning about knee realignment surgery is more difficult. This type of surgery is technically called a High Tibial Osteotomy and involves cutting the bone to change the angle through the knee joint. When osteoarthritis affects one half of the knee - either the inside or outside - more than the other half a change in angle can occur. These deformities are commonly known as being Knock-kneed and Bow-legged.