📖 Static demo — read-only snapshot
You’re browsing a static build of the Body IQ knowledge graph, so everything loads with no backend. A few things that need the live server are turned off here:
- Global search (sidebar) is disabled — it queries the API.
- The JSON API and the API “Try it” playgroundaren’t included.
- The data is a snapshot — it refreshes only when the demo is rebuilt, not live from the database.
Everything else — the body map, progression ladders, coverage heatmap, exercise finder, and all anatomy/exercise/source pages — works fully. The full app (live search + API + database) runs from the source on GitHub.
Patellofemoral (Knee) Pain
Reduce anterior knee pain via quadriceps and hip strengthening and load management.
Cornerstone Exercises (12)
First-line exercises for this goal.
⚠ introduce gradually and reduce step height if it reproduces anterior knee pain
⚠ keep the knee tracking over the foot and lower step height if it provokes anterior knee pain
⚠ keep squat depth in a pain-free range; deep knee flexion increases patellofemoral joint compression
Supporting Exercises (22)
These contribute to the goal.
⚠ reduces patellofemoral compressive load, but keep step depth moderate early to avoid provoking anterior knee pain
⚠ Keep squat depth within the pain-free range in anterior knee pain.
⚠ progress depth gradually and limit painful ranges during an anterior knee pain flare
⚠ manage squat depth and load to keep patellofemoral loading within a tolerable, non-provocative knee-pain range
⚠ open-chain terminal knee extension raises patellofemoral joint stress; limit range (avoid the final ~0-30 degrees) during irritable phases
⚠ keep the front shin more vertical and stay in a pain-free depth
⚠ limit to the pain-free inner range; loaded end-range open-chain extension can increase patellofemoral stress
⚠ high patellofemoral joint load; limit depth and progress range gradually during anterior knee pain
⚠ Lower step height and limit knee flexion if the step-up reproduces anterior knee pain.
⚠ control knee valgus and keep pain-free; regress step height if anterior knee pain is provoked
⚠ keep the knees in a pain-free flexion range; deeper angles raise patellofemoral compression
⚠ hold at a pain-free knee-flexion depth; deeper angles increase patellofemoral compression