Category: Knee

Top 10 exercises to strengthen Gluteus Medius muscle – A strong stabilizer of femur and pelvis during weight-bearing activities.

Gluteus Medius (GM) is one of the strongest lower extremity muscles 1. It primarily abducts the hip, providing frontal plane stability for the pelvis during standing, walking, running and other advanced weight bearing or non-weight bearing functional activities 2. Gluteus Medius...

Knee Menisci – understanding the anatomy, biochemistry, and bio-mechanics is crucial for clinical interpretation and management.

INTRODUCTION The menisci are two discernible crescent-shaped fibro-cartilaginous structures that are found between the femoral and tibial condyles. Although they were considered to be the functionless remains of leg muscles for many years, the menisci are now well defined as the...