Pain - knee

• Increase your activity level slowly over time. For example, when you begin exercising again, walk rather than run.
• Always warm up before exercising and cool down afterward. Stretch your quadriceps and hamstrings.
• Replace your sports shoes often. Get good advice about proper footwear for your foot shape and mechanics. For example, if you land on the outside of your heel and turn your foot inward when you walk (pronate), consider anti-pronation footwear.

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Lower leg muscles

Leg pain (Osgood-Schlatter)

Baker's cyst

Tendinitis

Knee pain

Review Date: 07/10/2009
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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