“Fitness Minutes” Knee Exercise Video
Hello everyone,
In this week's "Fitness Minutes," I will be discussing proper movement mechanics of the knee and show you a self-mobilization technique followed by a few exercises to protect, stretch, and strengthen your knees.
When the hip and the ankle are not moving well, the knee has nowhere to run and few places to hide. So, in order to properly set the knee up for success, it is important to address not only decreasing symptoms in the knee itself but also maximizing mobility above and below it to address the cause of those symptoms. If you followed last week's video, you know how to improve motion at your hip. Next week we will discuss the ankle and its role in feeding good input into the knee.
I hope this helps. Have a wonderful week!
All the best,
Lisa J. Baumgart, MPT, FAFS, CAFS, IFNCP
"Move to the dance of life - As our dance partner, life insists that we put ourselves in motion that we learn to live with instability, chaos, change, and surprise. We can continue to stand immobilized on the shoreline, trying to protect ourselves from life's insistent storms, or we can begin moving. We can watch our plans be washed away, or we can discover something new." - Margaret Wheatley
View the video below for this week’s “Fitness Minutes” all about the knees!
Provided by Lisa J. Baumgart, MPT, FAFS, CAFS, IFNCP, owner of Greylock Physical Therapy.
