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Hi I'm Kristin Iris, founder of the Fighter Recovery Project
If you've ever had you have any kind of knee pain or a knee injury from training
I've got something for you. In this video
I will share with you a technique straight from module one my Online Injury
Recovery Training
and it will help to improve your knee health.
When dealing with knee pain the problem is very often not
in the knee itself it's an issue that deals with the surrounding areas and
the surrounding tissues
heel press stretches and strengthens the calves
which get overly tight especially for martial artist and that can contribute
to knee pain
knee problems and then eventually knee injuries so keep watching
We're going to do a variation a downward facing dog. If you've ever done yoga
then downward facing dog will be familiar to you. You're going to come to hands and knees
so that your hands are under the shoulders the knees are right underneath the hips
your ankles are in line with the knees toes turned under
Let your head relax. Spread the shoulders
and then lift the knees. Your heels may or may not be lifted off the mat
it really just depends on the flexibility in your calves
and what you do from here you're gonna do heel press
so you going to take one foot now I'll actually roll up my pant leg here so that you can see
and wedge your other heel between your big toe and your second toe
and you're going to use that leg-- straighten it
to press the other leg down into the floor
reach the sit bones backing up behind you press
out of the hands to get nice and straight in the upper body
you can really get a good calf stretch here and then if you want a little bit more
lift up on your base foot work that calf and then press down again
you actually may find that you have more range here and then we'll come to the
other side make sure that you're still breathing while you do all this
wedging the toe--well wedging the heel between the toes I should say
pressing down towards the floor both legs are straight
holding here breathing lift out of the shoulders out of the hands
reach the set bones back and up and then again if you want a little more
lift up
on the heel and then come back down you can even do that a couple of times if
you want
then release
lower the knees and then come back up
So remember to help with knee pain you have to take care of
the surrounding tissues and surrounding areas. Heel Press helps you do that by
taking care of the calves
so if you like this video make sure you subscribe to this channel
and if you're looking for more ways to repair your body
make sure you check out the free ten-minute snippet that I have
of module 1 of the Online Injury Recovery Training
so in it I reveal some easy and even
fun techniques for repairing & preventing injury to the knees so that
you can get back to training the way you want to and the
way you need to reach your goals. So to get your hands on it simply click the link
that
right here and a you can get
Thanks for watching