This post was sponsored by DePuy Synthes as part of an Ambassador Program for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. A few years ago, I began to experience excruciating pain in my knees. It was so bad that it was affecting everything I did in and outside the home. My home has many stairs and I could barely get up and down them to do my routine household chores. I missed being able to enjoy many of the activities I was use to doing all of the time. I was so active, and now I felt stagnant. My husband and I were doing all kinds of activities together. Knee pain was slowing me down and putting a halt on many of the activities I use to enjoy doing, such as krav maga, aerobics and other outdoor activities. I even found myself struggling to get my walking in on many days due to knee and joint pain. I use to love gardening and that had to stop too, because I couldn't kneel to tend it. It got to the point tha...