Treat Your Own Knees: Simple Exercises to Build Strength, Flexibility, Responsiveness and Endurance

Answering the criticsFirst, let me say that I was having almost constant low-grade pain in my left knee for about five years. Occasionally, I would gently twist my knee by accidentally dragging the ball of my foot on the ground which would result in two or three days of acute knee pain. Getting in and out of the car was a real chore. And sometimes my knee simply felt loose like it might come disassembled. I could feel stuff moving around in there.I bought this book, read it, did exactly what it said, and in about a month I was 95-98% pain free and my knee no longer felt "loose". For more, see

I've been living with on and off-again knee pain for about 15 years. It was originally diagnosed as patellar tendonitis in my right knee after an impact injury. As I got older (now 42) each time it came back it was worse and worse. I've had times where I could not walk without crutches because of it, and have lived with terrible pain. Sometimes it keeps me from climbing stairs, going to the store, and most recently was even keeping me from being able to press the accelerator pedal on my truck.The last few years have been so bad I've been to see doctors for it multiple times. Each time I got se

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS REVIEWIf you are reading reviews of this book, you probably are close to a person who suffers from knee pain. You are reading these reviews to find out if Johnson's book will help you. This review will not tell you what you want to know. This review is, in all probability, a waste of your time. The best thing you can do is skip this review and go on to the next one.WHY I WROTE THIS REVIEWI do not write reviews of most of the books that I read. It is usually the case that someone else already wrote a review that pretty much sums up what I would have said. And, usuall

I learned a lot about my knees and my knee problems. The book is well written, informative and to the point. Franky, I think most of us know that different bones, muscles and joints in our body are interconnected. But I didn't realize how all the different parts of our leg are connected to the knee - and in fact, any one weak part of our leg (i.e. the quads) affect the knee and knee pain. This book will make you look at the root cause of your knee pain in ways you never thought of... bottom line... you'll put together a string a easy workouts resulting in stronger legs while mitigating your kn

Really like this book it's very helpful in strengthening my knees with the exercises they gave it helped me walk better

We have purchased several of Jim Johnson's self-help books on cures for shoulder pain, spinal stenosis, etc. All have been very helpful and worth the price. However, we were highly disappointed upon receipt of this book - which measures about 4 1/2 x 7". The photo on line here at Amazon appears to be a large standard workbook size - like the size of the Johnson's Shoulder Pain and Spinal Stenosis book. It is not. It is virtually a "pocket book" - less than the size of the original Reader's Digest. One might need a magnifying glass to view some of the exercises that Johnson proposes. My husband

My "net" is that if you experience chronic or intermittent knee pain and you have no reason to believe that there is something seriously wrong with your knee(s), like an infection or torn ACL, buy this book, read it, and then perform the simple exercises on the schedule prescribed by author Jim Johnson. I have been doing four basic exercises for almost six (6) weeks now and the pain in my problem (right) knee has almost disappeared. If you follow author Johnson's prescriptions for knee exercises, I hope they will benefit you also.That said, I would also reiterate the author's closing comment:

I started running a few months ago: I'm following a 13 week plan i discovered in another book. I couldn't cover 1/4 mile when i started without gasping for breath. Now I go out and jog for forty minutes and cover 3+ miles. My heart rate returns to normal within minutes. It's an achievement I'm proud of. But I think I have "runner's knee". If I jog very slowly on any given day my knee pain is minimal. If I "push it" the pain is less "minimal". If I drive a car for 30+ minutes, with my right leg unable to straighten, the pain is very sharp and I have to straighten my leg for 10 seconds to ease t