Yoga for healthy knees what you need to know for pain prevention and rehabilitation yoga shorts sandy blaine on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers drawing on her expertise as a yoga teacher who has used yoga to recover from knee pain and to keep her knees healthy. But the knee is a twisty joint capable of rotation and many if not most knee problems arise from this aspect which is of even more concern in yoga which involves rotation of the shins in so many poses especially the hip openers which can stress the knee. Selecting yoga poses that stretch the knee extensors and hip abductors and strengthen the knee flexors and hip adductors will bring those muscles and the knees and pelvis back into balance three yoga postures to relieve knee pain. Yoga for healthy knees march 3 2017 health y knees depend upon strong and flexible feet the interconnections they share and how yoga can help develop strong healthy knees and when it comes to the healthy knees strong aware feet are essential. Yoga yoga therapy yoga therapy for your knees with a simple anatomy lesson isometric exercises and attention to alignment in standing poses you can undo chronic pain in your knees so if you want to keep the knee healthy ie tracking properly in its femoral groove you need to learn to strengthen the vastus medialis