How to prevent running injuries with hip stretching?

Easy hip stretch to open up the hip joint and muscles. I am really emphasizing hip openers for anyone looking to improve their running performance and running after injury. This is a great stretch that stretches both hips in multiple planes and specially great for opening up the hip joint for better movement and preventing running injury. A must after you finish your run or other athletic activities. Most of us sit too much and over time tend to get stiffer and stiffer through the hips often leading to lots of problems like low back pain, knee pain, sacroiliac joint pain, hip pain, etc. You don’t need anything fancy, I am using a picnic bench and it works great.

How to treat shoulder pain by strengthening back muscles?

In this video I will show you how to treat the shoulder pain injury and rehab the shoulder with shoulder strengthening exercises. I want to add another exercise in for the rowing exercise that we talked about for shoulder girdle strengthening. This is a great exercise for shoulder joint pain treatment and back shoulder pain prevention. I like this one because you are really kicking in your leg muscles also, your abdominals and your core muscles. This really makes it a dynamic exercise and it’s one of my favorites. I think it will really add on to the other exercises we talked about. This exercise helps strengthen the shoulder rotator cuff muscles, scapular muscles and treats shoulder pain injury.

How to treat quadriceps tendonitis?

In this video I am going to show you a quadriceps muscle, quadriceps tendon stretch and mobilization for knee pain and tightness. This technique is helpful for improving the flexibility of the knee secondary to quadriceps tendonitis, patellar tendonitis, runners knee pain, running knee pain, tendinosis, following surgery or strain often due to sports injuries or trauma. It’s a great self acupressure technique too. You can use one or two balls to improve the flexibility of the muscles, tendons and fascia.

Treat quadriceps tendonitis as soon as possible!

How to stretch the upper back?

This is cool technique to do self acupressure and stretch the upper back or thoracic spine joints to get rid of neck and upper back pain. Anyone spending long hours on the computer, or with rounded posture and upper back stiffness can benefit from this stretch. The wedge used for stretching is a Kaltenborn mobilization wedge and works really well for improving flexibility of the spine. Remember to make sure not to overdo it or put too much pressure on the spine. Stretch for about a minute at a spot and move to the next location. Don't use the wedge on the neck or the low back.

Have a try of this exercise if you wish to relieve neck pain successfully.

How to do a warm up before running a race?

This is one my prehab, warmup, get the blood flowing, Chi moving and pre exercise movement series. It is designed to get your body and mind ready for exercise and athletic activities. It's a great to open up the hips, good for flexibility of the legs, feet and spine. Specially helpful for preventing knee injuries like runner's knee, Iliotibial band problems, patellar tendonitis issues and Also good for coordination, motor control and general warm up. Remember not to force the movement, move in a comfortable range. Focus on relaxing and breathing naturally. For balance and support hold a chair or step stool in front of you.

Stretch your hip flexors for runner knee pain

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For most of us who sit for long hours in our modern lifestyle, hip tightness can be a major problem. This often leads lots of other problems like low back pain, runners knee pain, sacroiliac joint pain, iliotibial band pain, hip pain and can basically affect structures above and below the hip joint. The anterior or front hip tissues often become very tight. Very important to stretch the iliopsoas and rectus femoris muscles and anterior hip capsule/ligament to free up the hip. This 1/2 kneeling position is a good one to stretch and open up the front of the hip.

How to cure patellar tendonitis?

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This is cross friction massage technique specifically for patellar tendonitis, patellar tendinosis, Chondromalacia patella, patello-femoral problems and post surgical or post injury knee pain. This knee pain treatment technique is helpful for reducing thickening, adhesions, myofascial restictions or scarring at the patellar tendon and along the border of the patella or knee cap. I have used this knee pain treatment technique with great success for a lot of my patients.

1. Massage perpendicular to the patellar tendon and along the inferior or lower border of the knee cap.

2. Pump Massage for patellar tendonitis, often also referred as Jumper's knee - tack and stretch to the patellar tendon to improve circulation, remove adhesions and soft tissue restrictions.