Do Squats Cause Knee Pain?

We did a workshop at a local boot camp a few weeks ago and many of the questions we received were about squats: “Did squatting cause my knee pain?” “Can I squat if I have a knee injury?” “Are deep squats bad for my knees?”

Let’s start out by saying that our body was designed to squat. In an ideal world, we should be able to go through the full range of motion, maintain balance, and have the strength to get into and out of a squat position – even a deep squat.

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