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When I see knee pain without trauma, 90% of the time it is because of

problems in the ankle, pelvis or low back. Once these are corrected - pain

subsides. Problems in these areas over a long period will also develop

muscle imbalances in the muscles involved. For example, an ankle that over

pronates will internally rotate the whole leg. This increases the angle of

the pull of the quads tendon, and overtime will allow the inside quad muscle

to weaken, the outside quad muscle to tighten. At the hip, the pelvis

starts to roll in on that side and the lateral hip muscles will weaken. In

short your whole leg's function can be compromised by a few wayward bones in

your foot.



Just something else to think (worry) about.



Greg Zadow

T. Field

Can't comment on the mechanics of muscle insertions/relative strength as it

relates to knee pain. Certainly patellar tracking can get out of whack

with overdeveloped vastus lateralis and is corrected by doing terminal knee

extensions. As far as MSM/chondroitin, the msm may have some benefit if you

are deficient in cartilage precursors, but the chondroitin is a waste of

money. The molecule is too big to be absorbed whole, and is broken down in

the intestinal tract to component parts. Gelatin is cheaper and has the

same precursors.