Say Goodbye to Knee Pain

By Paige Greenfield

Reduce inflammation and other woes with easy poses

Your hip is connected to your…
Wherever you feel pain, there’s probably something going on somewhere else in your anatomy. Case in point: Your knee pain may be the result of tight hips. “If you have tight hips, those muscles don’t allow for enough rotation to bend forward easily in a seated pose, so your knees will take over,” Blaine says. As a result, the knees torque painfully in the joint. Blaine’s advice? “Props help adapt poses to your needs so they’re safest for you,” she says. In any seated cross-legged pose, sit on a block or folded blanket so you still stretch the hips without straining your knees. Place washcloths in the creases behind your knees to create extra space in the joint.

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