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Knee

March 17th-

Along with maintaining a good healthy lifestyle, here are a few simple and easy moves (from greatist.com by Erin Kelly) that you can try to eliminate knee pain for good. Obviously, use caution with these moves and you may want to ask your therapist which move is the best for your knee situation. 

1. Wall Calf Stretches
2. Calf Smash with Lacrosse Ball
3. Half Knee Up and Quad stretch
4. Quad Foam Roller stretch
5. Wall Hamstring stretch
6. Straight Leg Raise

For more in depth reasoning on why these stretches will help your knee, and the proper way to perform each one click on the link below.

https://greatist.com/move/knee-pain-relief

February 25, 2016-

After seeing a plethora of knee problems, a certain percentage come from running injuries. To give your knees a break, there are other alternatives to running that will prevent or help a knee injury. Also, these alternatives are a switch up for your body to work different muscles that you are not used to strengthening. On the link below, it shows five alternatives to running that will keep you motivated and stay with your work out routine.

https://www.prevention.com/fitness/workout-alternatives-running