How to take care of your knees in your 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNow to something most of us only think about on a staircase: how to take care of your knees in your twenties, thirties, forties and beyond.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Washington Post put out a guide that walks through each decade, because apparently your knees have a different needs list at every age.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe idea is prevention. Look after them before they send a complaint, because by forty they usually have.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwenties is basically free trial. You can sprint, squat, sit on the floor at a party, and get up like nothing happened.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI remember that. It was a Tuesday.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThen the thirties hit, and you make a little noise when you stand up, and you pretend it was the chair.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt was never the chair.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe forties and beyond part is where the guide gets serious, and I read that as a polite way of saying stretch, Hank.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI stretch. Every morning I lean toward my toes and negotiate. We've reached an understanding that stops around my shins.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's a hostile negotiation.