Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD Knee pain often results from injuries to muscles, tendons, or ligaments.Deep vein thrombosis is a severe condition that can cause pain behind your knee.Most ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways Muscle strains and overuse injuries can cause pain in the back of the knee while walking.Baker's cysts are fluid-filled lumps that can cause ...

The best way to avoid common problems like runner’s knee is to strengthen the muscles that support this important joint.

Step forward with right foot while keeping left foot in place. Bend both knees 90 degrees. Front right knee should track over ...

Each year, nearly half of all runners in the U.S. wrestle with some type of pain or injury. The most commonly affected area, totaling 27 percent of running injuries is—you guessed it—the knee. If you ...

A frequent source of lower-back pain comes from two muscles you might not have heard of—and that makes sense since you rarely see them on those medical posters of human anatomy in doctor's offices.