{"id":205,"date":"2009-04-16T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T14:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=205"},"modified":"2009-04-16T07:26:01","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T14:26:01","slug":"knee-arthritis-and-pronation-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"Knee Arthritis and Pronation (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I begin a series on knee arthritis.\u00a0 Whether you simply want to do simple day to day things like get up out of a chair and walk up\/down stairs or return to recreational sports without pain, you need tofirst understand how force (your own body weight) affects your knee.\u00a0 Over the next several posts, I will dive into this topic as I prepare to launch a new exercise DVD in my Fit Knees Series aimed at\u00a0diminishing arthritic pain.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"viddlervideo-90690-6e76f834\" class=\"viddlervideo\"><p><a href=\"#viddlervideo-90690-6e76f834\" onclick=\"loadViddlerVideo('90690','6e76f834','player',437,370);\" title=\"Click to play this video.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-thumbs.viddler.com\/e2\/thumbnail_2_6e76f834.jpg\" alt=\"Video thumbnail.\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#viddlervideo-90690-6e76f834\" onclick=\"loadViddlerVideo('90690','6e76f834','player',437,370);\" return false;\">Click to play this video.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><span>In the photo below, you can see the person has a completely fallen arch with weight bearing at mid stance in the gait cycle.\u00a0 This is bad news for not only the foot\/ankle, but also the knee as it leads to excessive internal rotation of the femur and <span>valgus<\/span> overload (essentially placing enormous stress on the inside of the knee).\u00a0 In the next post, I will reveal two more telling slides and discuss the impact of this repetitive stress.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_206\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206\" title=\"severe-pronation-profile\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/severe-pronation-profile.bmp\" alt=\"Severe pronation\" width=\"512\" height=\"350\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Severe Pronation<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I begin a series on knee arthritis.\u00a0 Whether you simply want to do simple day to day things like get up out of a chair and walk up\/down stairs or return to recreational sports without pain, you need tofirst understand how force (your own body weight) affects your knee.\u00a0 Over the next several posts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4,7,31,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arthritis","category-health","category-injury-prevention","category-knee","category-rehab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - 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