SELF reported on 3 strength exercises for better knee stability featuring insight from Carrie Whitelam, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, physical therapist at HSS.

Knee stability exercises probably aren’t top of mind when you hit the gym. But having stable knees is super important in a bunch of different scenarios—from running a marathon to climbing the stairs to squatting down to pick up a child—which means doing these types of moves on the reg is actually a really smart idea.

“Everybody could probably benefit from some sort of strengthening to improve stability of the knee,” said Whitelam.

Knee stability can encompass a lot of different things, but to boil it down, it’s “the ability to maintain alignment and positioning of your knee during movement and activity,” Whitelam shared. There are passive structures in the body that help with knee stability, which include certain ligaments, Whitelam explains–such as the ACL and MCL. And there are active structures that help out too, which include muscles such as the quads, hamstrings, and hips, she added.

Read the full article at self.com.