Excessive squats and lunges can cause knee pain and swelling due to excessive strain on the joint. — Whalespan
Excessive squats and lunges can cause knee pain and swelling due to excessive strain on the joint.
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“Probably the most common thing I see is knee pain and knee swelling from excessive squats and lunges and I understand the core benefits and the quad benefits of doing squats and lunges but like I said it puts a lot of strain on the knee and some knees just aren't ready to absorb that strain or don't have enough cartilage to absorb that strain or most commonly don't have enough muscle to absorb that strain and so they come in with an overloaded joint that's swollen injured in that articular cartilage has been put under too much pressure”