How To Get Rid Of Knee Pain Forever, The Best Knee Rehab Exercises, The Ancient Chinese Technique To Keep Your Knees Young & More With Ben Patrick, The "Knees Over Toes Guy".
Incorporating backward walking can strengthen knees without impact, aiding in healing and reducing pain.
Full knee bend exercises enhance synovial fluid production and promote joint health and pain reduction.
Targeting tibialis and hip flexors in knee programs improves lower body strength and stability for long-term health.
Deep dives
Importance of Backward Walking for Knee Health
Backward walking, an ancient technique from Asian culture, has been shown to help strengthen muscles, reduce pain, and improve functional ability. This form of movement maximizes pressure on the knees without jarring impact, aiding in blood flow to the joint and promoting healing. Incorporating backward walking, especially with resistance like sled dragging, can enhance knee health and prevent degeneration.
Full Knee Bend Motion and Compression for Healing
Full knee bend exercises, such as the 'ATG split squat,' play a crucial role in promoting knee health by enhancing synovial fluid production and nutrient delivery to the joint. Motion and compression during these exercises facilitate natural healing and maintenance of knee function. By focusing on achieving full knee bend with proper form, individuals can optimize joint health and reduce knee pain.
Advantages of Tibialis and Hip Flexor Strengthening
Targeting muscles like the tibialis and hip flexors in knee pain programs serves to enhance overall lower body strength and stability. Strengthening these muscles aids in reducing degradation and improving joint function. Exercises like seated leg lifts and tibialis raises help stabilize the knees, improve balance, and support the surrounding structures for long-term knee health.
Online Coaching for Form Improvement and Program Progression
Utilizing online coaching and form feedback in knee health programs allows individuals to enhance their exercise performance and prevent injury. Access to expert guidance and personalized form corrections can significantly impact program effectiveness and ensure safe and efficient progress. By incorporating feedback and coaching, individuals can optimize their form, technique, and overall program results for sustained knee health and mobility.
Rebuilding Muscles to Prevent Knee Pain
Strengthening shin muscles can help reduce knee pain by enhancing blood flow and minimizing impact on the knees. By prioritizing tibialis strength, individuals can decrease knee strain and potentially avoid excessive force to the knees, crucial for overall knee health and injury prevention.
Importance of Hip Flexor Strength for Mobility
Developing strong hip flexors is essential for optimal mobility and performance. Training hip flexors aids in knee pain prevention and improves running mechanics, crucial for overall lower body strength. The program emphasizes exercises like split squats and back extensions to target and enhance hip flexor strength.
Ben Patrick (“Knees Over Toes Guy”), is the coach and founder of the “Athletic Truth Group,” (ATG) a gym and online training service based out of Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Ben overcame debilitating knee and shin pain, as well as subsequent surgeries through a personal journey taking knee and foot strength training means to their fullest potential. Ben transformed his basketball career, going from being continually injured and under-achieving to having a successful junior college stint through improving his own knee health and performance. This culminated for Ben with a scholarship offer to Boston University for basketball, but due to NCAA eligibility rules, Ben turned it down and began training athletes.
Many people have been recommending Ben’s methods as completely transformative in their knee pain, and recently I've begun experimenting with his programs, so though I would have Ben on the show to discuss his very unique approach to healing the knees.
During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Ben became involved with treating knee pain...06:50 -Why walking backward is so beneficial to the health of the knees...21:45 -Fundamental knee exercises that can be done anywhere, anytime...37:22 -Why focus on the tibialis muscles and hip flexors...48:57 -Tools and techniques to strengthen the knees...56:16 -Why Ben doesn't heavily focus on the glutes in his program...1:03:47 -And much more... Episode sponsors:
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