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240. 3 Exercises for Knee Pain? I’m Calling BS.

Andrew Fix — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:42 +0000

Two runners can have identical knee pain and need completely different fixes, and Dr. Andrew Fix explains why chasing generic advice off YouTube usually leaves the real problem untouched.

The same symptom can point to a different injury, and even the same injury can have a different cause. One runner’s knee pain might come from a tendon pushed past its capacity by too much training volume too fast, while another’s identical pain traces back to a stiff ankle or weak hip forcing the knee to compensate for something else entirely. Hand both runners the same two exercises and you’re guessing.

That distinction drives his frustration with generic internet fixes. Quiet the symptoms without addressing the underlying deficit and they come back. The person then assumes they did something wrong, when the fix was incomplete from the start.

There’s also a case for urgency worth sitting with. Addressing an injury early costs less time and money, and needs less intensive treatment, than waiting until it forces your hand. But the real stakes aren’t financial. What do you actually lose by putting off care, and can you get that time back later? A missed hike or a skipped game of catch because something hurt too much to move doesn’t come back around.

PhysioRoom’s Health and Performance Summit lands October 3rd in Denver, which fits the episode’s bigger point: individualized care matters more as everyone defaults to searching for answers online instead of getting assessed by another human.

Quotes

“We need to pair the solution to the actual problem that the individual is dealing with.” (05:05 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“Nobody has the exact same body that you have.You are a unique individual and unique individuals need personalized solutions to their problems.” (10:19 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“The sooner you address something, the quicker it’s going to be resolved.” (12:50 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“Spending money on your health is one of the greatest investments that you can make because it gives you time.” (13:37 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“Don’t let things just continue to build up and build up and build up while you continue to sweep things under the rug and not do something about it when you have the choice to do it.” (13:40 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

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235. What is HYROX and Why Did I Sign Up For It?

Andrew Fix — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:07 +0000

Dr. Andrew Fix once called HYROX dumb, so why did he sign up for the hardest fitness competition of his life anyway?

Dr. Andrew Fix records this episode from the parking lot of REI’s Denver flagship, prepping for a Run Denver Day event, and uses the moment to talk through his decision to race HYROX this November. He breaks down what the competition actually involves: eight one-kilometer runs split by eight functional stations, sled pushes, wall balls, rowing, and more, all standardized across every city in the world. That global consistency is part of what has turned HYROX into one of the fastest-growing fitness competitions anywhere, but Andrew spends most of the episode on something bigger than the race itself.

What happens to your training when nothing is on the calendar? He argues that a real goal, with a real race date attached, changes the entire relationship between effort and motivation. He’s honest about the parts of HYROX that make him nervous, including how his legs will hold up during the final wall ball station, and he treats that uncertainty as useful rather than something to avoid. Stress and discomfort, he says, are the stimulus for growth.

So what’s your version of HYROX? Andrew makes the case that the specific challenge matters far less than the fact of having one. A half marathon, a 14er hike, a dance recital, a fitness show. The finish line matters less than the discipline required to get there and the person you become along the way.