Solve the Pain Behind Your Knee from Running

Pain behind your knee from running can be a stubborn problem. That’s because knee pain treatment for runners focuses on treating the knee swelling after exercise and getting knee pain relief without ever considering the way your running form makes it keep coming back.
Doing specific knee pain exercises also won’t give you lasting relief for the same reason. And even getting a back of knee pain diagnosis (for instance a bakers cyst and tendonitis are common knee pain causes) doesn’t lead to long-term improvement.
The cause of both knee pain after running and knee swelling after exercise is how you’re moving your whole body when you run, and it’s very fixable. Once you understand it and know what to do, you can stop wasting time on knee pain treatment for runners and instead get the many health and performance benefits of improving your running form, and eventually forget you ever had back of knee pain.
In this video, Jae Gruenke, Founder of The Balanced Runner, explains the specific running form error that causes pain behind the knee in runners and tells you exactly how to fix it.
Here's Jae’s best free resource to help you start to learn how to take the stress off the back of your knee by extending your hip better:
The Quads and Calves Solution
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[@balancedrunner]

What kind of back-of-knee problem have you been struggling with, and how long have you had it?

[@michelewheldon7183]

Feels like hyper extension. Tendons feel tight.

[@michelewheldon7183]

I fell on the knee a few times and the last time really hurt

[@balancedrunner]

@@michelewheldon7183 With hyperextension, the tendons definitely would feel tight, and in fact it's good that they do, because they're putting a limit on that motion. It may sound paradoxical, but the same mini-course I recommended for the problem I described will also help with hyperextension, because it helps you regulate your movement towards what it should be--from whatever extreme.

[@balancedrunner]

@@michelewheldon7183 Ouch! Sounds like that may take some time to heal, and you should give it the time it needs.

[@kensier4955]

It doesn't hurt yet but I have been noticing a strange sensation behind my left knee. I'll be going to stretch the leg straight as I'm sitting and as I reach around 90%-95% straight, it almost feels like it's already hyper extended even though I've always been very flexible. Starting to feel a strange sensation while running as well.

[@kensier4955]

So amazing that you gave a free resource. Thank you!

[@balancedrunner]

You are so welcome!

[@viteklitos]

Hello Jae, I have a back knee pain problem after running since I am trying to focus on cadence. I went prom aproximetly 155 to 170, and since that it is much worser. Would it be because of that? I have shorten the step for better cadence, so i probably dont "extend" my leg fully during the run. Thank you si much🙂

[@kellyk.8287]

Thank you for this helpful video, Jae. I appreciate your explanation of the anatomy and about why the back-of-knee pain happens, particularly the Baker's cyst. I haven't had one myself, but I have two friends who suffer with that issue. A question for you - out of curiosity, have you noticed that this problem happens more commonly on one side versus the other, the left or right? I'm curious if you've noticed a trend in that regard. Thank you.

[@balancedrunner]

I'm so glad it was helpful, @kellyk.8287! I think perhaps I've seen it more commonly on the left, which would make sense with the root cause of not extending the hip as much, which happens a bit more often on the left.

[@mishaforrester1217]

Hi Jane, remind me about where the course is to sign up? Thanks!

[@mishaforrester1217]

Jae, sorry

[@balancedrunner]

The free mini-course signup link is In the description of this video. Just click on "see more." In case you meant The Balanced Runner System Online Camp, our flagship course, you'll find that link down at the bottom of the description as well. Let me know if you have trouble finding whichever of those you were looking for!

[@KillibraeRoss]

Best Way To Treat Posterior Tibial Tendonitis please😊

[@balancedrunner]

Great suggestion, @KillibraeRoss. I'll put that on my list of videos to make...and try to get to it as soon as I can!