Zero to One: Running for Persistent Knee Pain

A step-by-step program to take you from non-runner to confident runner, rebuilding your knees the right way.

Bouncing between doctors, scans, and conflicting advice is exhausting. This program gives you a clear, simple roadmap. You'll understand what's going on in your body, build real endurance and capacity, manage flare-ups, and finally trust your knees again.

  • Endless scans, treatments, and exercises with no lasting change.

    Conflicting advice: “Just get stronger,” “It’s all in your head,” “Never run again.”

    Feeling fragile, overthinking every step.

  • Spending money on experts without clear answers.

  • Learn what’s really happening in your knees with a simple homeostatic model—no more confusing anatomy lectures.

    Build capacity and resilience with progressive walk/run sessions and supportive strength.

    Use our flare-up toolkit so pain spikes don’t derail your progress.

    Gain confidence and clarity so you can stop hunting for fixes and start enjoying movement again.

How It Works

  • Fix It: calm the noise and manage flare-ups.

    Complicated: avoid quick-fix traps and overthinking.

    Complex: build capacity, endurance, and resilience with walk/run and cross-training.

    Simple: live freely with clarity and confidence, maintaining capacity.