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My knees are okaaay, but I think this is only because I train somewhat athletically. Not for sports, just for sake of fitness/well-being and aesthetics.

A couple of years ago I had knee issues, particularly my left knee. I would occasionally get a jolt if I moved wrong and I'd have to rest a few hours before I could walk without it feeling funny.

I also had/have muscle issues between my shoulder blade and spine (I believe the rhomboids) so I've had to do a lot of corrective exercises and posture fixes to strengthen that. I've made a big difference and I used to walk around every day in pain but now I don't have any at all. If I sleep wrong I do though.

And not that anyone asked all this but while I'm on the subject, I had golfer's elbow (tendonitis where the forearm meets the inner elbow) from having a weak left arm. I worked on that a lot with dumbbell biceps curls and it's also a daily pain I got rid of. I used to lead with my forearms a lot because of the false grip I became comfortable with, and that led to overcompensation by my forearm muscles that weren't equipped to lift 20lbs over and over... and also led to a poor mind-muscle connection to my biceps because I wasn't using them properly.

...I had left wrist issues for a bit too, but it seemed to stop after a couple of weeks of pushups.

Man my whole left side was just fucked for a few years. These are issues that don't fix themselves, it's as a result of weakness and only strengthening the right muscles and/or using proper form and posture seems to fix it.