Quote Originally Posted by chatnoire View Post
That PT benefit to your workout sounds awesome. I too have knee issues, and hiking down, descending steps, wearing my beloved 4" heels all cause pain. The PT associated with my insurance won't do multi-target conditioning, even though I've got records saying its a knee issue associated with previous dance and sport injuries, plus hip and foot problems. So annoying.
(find a new pt?)

A good athletic trainer should be able to give you a set of exercised for knee stability.

Now, I am NOT a fitness professional. All the usual caveats apply. Here's what I worked on, at the suggestion of the PTs and trainers where I work out. There's probably more but we do so many different thing I can't always remember the specifics.

Box step downs. This was one of the main ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReJJzlp0eeU
you can do it at home on stairs if you don't have a box.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbsk0jjHE8E more advanced.

You can vary foot position with the "free" foot: heel forward, foot in front of the hips, heel back, foot behind the hips, always staying balanced on the weighted foot.

Lateral bounds. Sideways jumps landing on the outside foot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaq4d...eature=related

Balance work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wPn5u0WgLg


who knows if this is the right stuff for you. All I know that was to do an 11 mile hike, half of it down hill, and be pain free for the first time in years was amazing.