RUNNING KNEE PAIN
If your knee hurts when you run, inspect the foot, ankle, hip, and stride before blaming the knee alone.
Running knee pain often gets treated like a knee-only problem. But running starts at the ground. The foot receives force, the ankle and calf absorb it, the shin rotates, the hip decides where the femur points, and the knee sits in the middle of all of it.
From the Feet Up does not promise a quick cure. It gives you a better inspection path: foot pressure, arch control, ankle mobility, hip control, stride rhythm, and whether the body is leaking force with every step.
A quiet big toe, collapsed arch, compressed shoe, or fake outside-edge blade can change how the shin rotates. The knee then receives a problem that began under it.
The hip controls the femur. Tight hips, weak glutes, underused adductors, and poor pelvic control can make the knee absorb twist instead of clean hinge motion.
Running exposes what walking hides. If new alignment work makes muscles sore, that can be part of rebuilding. Sharp, unstable, numb, worsening, or persistent pain deserves professional attention.
Foot mechanics can influence shin rotation, knee tracking, stride rhythm, and how force moves into the hip. That does not make every knee problem a foot problem, but the foot is a smart place to inspect.
No. Runners need the whole chain: foot strength, toe room, calf capacity, ankle mobility, hip control, core stacking, and gradual exposure to running volume.