
Why Ankle Mobility Can Affect Your Knees: The Missing Link in Knee Pain
When your knee hurts, you probably don’t immediately think about your ankle. You think about the knee.
Maybe you strengthen your quadriceps. Maybe you stretch your hamstrings. Maybe you avoid squatting, stairs, lunging, golf, tennis, or pickleball because those activities seem to make the knee hurt.
But your knee does not function independently. It sits between your hip and ankle, and what happens at either of those joints can influence how your entire leg moves.


