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[KNEE PAIN] Knee pain is the worst! I’ve suffered with mine on and off for the last couple years. I generally try a couple things for relief: rest, icing, strengthening the muscles around my knee, and massage. ♀️ Well, I learned something new this week (I feel like I should have known this before), the thing that has been helping the most is stretching!
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Knee pain is often caused (or made worse) by tightness in the muscles and tendons that connect to the knees—specifically, the hips, glutes, hamstrings, calves, and quads. Most yoga vinyasa flows do a great job of stretching out these muscles! ♀️ So, if you’re dealing with pain/tightness around your knee, try some of these poses for a couple min every morning:
▪️ downward facing dog
▪️ low lunge
▪️ half splits
▪️ lizard with a quad stretch
▪️ frog pose
▪️ pidgeon
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Let me know how it goes!
[TRAINING WITH KNEE PAIN]
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The low hanging fruit for training around pain is always going to be some sort of modification to volume and intensity which is ideal because training should be specific.
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✔ If you can manage those factors then you slowly progress to the loads that were reproducing your symptoms. In the mean time, you can also incorporate other exercises that could be to help bridge that capacity.
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✔ When it comes to knee pain, you can always train around it by incorporating hip dominant squat patterns and hip strengthening exercises. There is research that shows hip and knee strengthening yielded better results than exercises for the knee alone.
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✔ Here are three exercises you can incorporate while modifying the volume and intensity of the main patterns you are training:
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1.) Foam roller assisted SLDL: The goal is to build strength, you don't need to necessarily work on balancing on one leg but that also helps strengthen the glutes as well so that is entirely up to you. The foam roller is a great way to introduce the movement for those that rotate their pelvis while performing this exercise.
2.) Cable Zercher squats: You will typically break at the knees with squats but since we are training the hip dominant pattern, the cue is more so to sit back and break at the hips instead.
3.) TRX assisted paused skater squats: Skater squats are awesome to introduce single leg training, then TRX assisted variation helps you pause at the bottom of the squat. The bottom of the squat has the higher knee moment so training this position will help increase your tolerance.
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✔ The goal is to always keep training, make sure we work with the low hanging fruit and incorporate other exercises to help bridge that capacity.
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Via @embrklifestyle
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♂️ If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment. Tag a friend that needs some help with their nagging knee pain!
ANKLE SPRAIN REHAB
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Most of you are probably familiar with ankle sprains. Maybe you've had one, (or multiple) or had a friend or family member sustain one. Ankle sprains range from mild to severe, and recurrent ankle sprains are possible. (see a local PT if that's you)
Oversimplified, an ankle sprain is an injury to the ligaments of the ankle, where in the ligament is stretched or torn due to exceeding it's capacity in a certain position. Sometimes they are unavoidable.
A mild ankle sprain should be feeling great in relatively short time, but it's always a good idea to re-train single leg work and improve balance/proprioception afterwards.
Here's some things I like to perform for early ankle sprain interventions.
1️⃣ Ankle inversion/eversion with a band
2️⃣ Static single leg balance (SLB)
3️⃣ Unstable surface SLB
4️⃣ Star Excursion - weight transfer (easy)
5️⃣ Star Excursion - taps (harder) + unstable surface
6️⃣ Single limb multiplanar reaches
Multiplanar work is one of my go-tos for single leg work. It's easy to modify for any skill level and easy to make difficult/near impossible for very high level.
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Mild ankle sprains happen, and may improve just fine on their own. But work on your ankle strength, single leg balance/proprioception, and lower extremity strength to help potentially mitigate recurrence.
Save the or share it with someone in need of some ankle love.
Via @Dr.Nick.DPT
PAIN. Without pain there’s no growth. That’s how the saying goes right?!? Pain is a gift and you need pain to grow and therefore you need to embrace it rather than avoid it.... Well, I’m going to talk about my knee again... (sorry!). ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
So, I’m coming up for 1 year since my second knee surgery and it’s over 1.5 years now since my first one and my operated knee/leg feels great! - I’ve full range of motion, hyperextension and lots of strength and I can’t remember the last time I had any swelling. So, what’s my problem...?! Well, I am now getting pain in my other knee. In the area of the medial meniscus (Yep, I’m now qualified to self-diagnose...! ). I ignored it for a while but I have to admit that it’s a concern. What does it mean? Am I compensating in some way for an issue or weakness in my operated knee..? I’ve honestly no idea as I don’t feel like I am! ♀️ Whilst I was away last week I decided to take regular ibuprofen and I also did no HIIT or real strength training and the pain has subsided. I think it’s inflammation and there’s been no trauma like I had on my other knee but it’s still a bit of a mind f*ck!
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A big part of recovering from major knee surgeries is acceptance. To be properly successful in the rehab you have to accept the injury and the physical and mental pain associated with it. Accepting that your knee will never be the same again. To embrace the new normal and know your limitations even once fully recovered. I feel I have done this. My active life after 2 major surgeries has changed forever (and in many ways for the better!) and this is probably my new normal. I just need to embrace the journey and grow from it. Strength is what you think and what you think you become.... Saying that I have an appointment with my surgeon next week (as part of possibly my life-long monitoring for any signs of early onset of osteoarthritis) and so will see if any of this resonates with him and ask him for his advice on whether there’s anything I can tweak in my active life to resolve this...
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Oh, and how cute is this @nike sports bra...? What can I say, I’m drawn to colour....
Patellar tendinitis.
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Patellar tendinitis is an injury to the tissue connecting the knee cap to the shin bone which can make it feel tender and achy. This can occur from repetitive exercises such as running, sprints, or jumping. Loading the knee joint without aggravating the symptoms is the ultimate goal and and is used to help reintroduce yourself to activity. Having a multiplanar approach and getting the joint used to moving into different positions keeps it well rounded overall.
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Rehab tips.
1️⃣ Knee drives.
2️⃣ Elevated multiplanar reaches to the front, side, and back.
3️⃣ Elevated lunge.
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Tag a friend below who can benefit from these exercises!❤️
Any type of chronic pain which occurs in the back, knees or other joints, can be traced to a dysfunction somewhere else in the body. Figuring out where these inefficiencies are occurring and then rectifying them, is the secret sauce for eliminating the root cause of pain. Now, there is no ‘perfect’ method for figuring out where a problem is derived from. Just like a good detective will use every tool, at his disposal, to find the culprit in an investigation, so we should use every test, screen or aid to find the cause of our pain.
This weekend I'm heading back to the Peak District to test out my left knee.
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On saturday, I had horrendous pain going down hill and it's got me worried.
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I'm hoping it only happens at 20 miles plus but need to be sure before committing to epic hikes this summer.
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I'll be testing out a short downhill hike and hoping for the best.
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Anyone that knows knees, your advice would be welcome!! @annaloots - any tips?!
New operation tomorrow.. So I cannot do without writing what I feel ...
Like every time and this time, I believe in success..
Simply, my knee has made sure to be special and mysterious.. we fight and do not let it affect my life, but it bothers me...
I believe in faith and I will pray for everything to be all right, and of course, I am grateful, because for this knee cares hospital's team of Dr.Nemec. I bow in gratitude for everything that they did for me...
I feel enormous amount of positive energy on everything that follows, I know it will not be easy but I believe in success because all of these people around me and here in Croatia and Bosnia just as I want me to get through this without pain and problems THANKKKK YOUUUUU ♥
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