Episode 361
Front, side, inner thigh or buttock: where your hip hurts narrows down what is going on, but it rarely tells the whole story. Here is how I read the hip pain map, and why so much side and back hip pain comes from the spine.
19 Minutes – Dec 15, 2025
Episode 360
Where your knee hurts is one of the best clues to why it hurts. Here is my location-by-location guide to knee pain, from runner's knee under the kneecap to IT band pain on the outside and meniscus trouble behind the knee.
18 Minutes – Dec 11, 2025
Episode 359
A sports hernia is not a hernia. It is a low-level core and adductor injury at the groin, and most people get back to sport with the right exam, smart rehab and a little patience.
20 Minutes – Dec 8, 2025
Episode 358
Outside lower knee pain that aches on downhills, with no pop, click or bruise, can be Hoffa's fat pad impingement. Here is what that is, why it lingers, and how ice, taping and heavy hinge work can calm it.
15 Minutes – Dec 4, 2025
Episode 357
Hip and groin pain in two runners turned out to be referred from the low back. Both also had nerve-related Achilles pain. Mandy Riehl walks through both cases and what they show about chronic Achilles tendonitis that won't settle.
13 Minutes – Dec 1, 2025
Episode 356
Hip impingement is a pinching of structures in the hip, and the bony shape behind it doesn't need to change for you to get better. Here is what FAI is, how it feels, how we test for it and what rehab looks like.
17 Minutes – Nov 27, 2025
Episode 355
Sitting hurts most people with low back pain, and standing desks only help some of them. The real fix is more movement, frequent position changes, and sometimes subtracting sitting from your life.
11 Minutes – Nov 24, 2025
Episode 354
A 50-year-old runner with inner knee pain was told never to squat below parallel again. Here is how I tested that knee, why I disagreed, and the loading plan to get him jogging with friends again.
15 Minutes – Nov 20, 2025
Episode 353
A woman in her 30s ramped up to running five or six days a week and developed a swollen, painful knee. Dawn and Garrett explain how we kept her running and got her knee and her old sciatica settled.
22 Minutes – Nov 17, 2025
Episode 352
Most sudden low back pain from a disc does not need an MRI or surgery. Here is what discogenic pain is, how long it takes to settle, what actually helps, and when it is an emergency.
22 Minutes – Nov 13, 2025