Win a Copy of my Knee Injury Solution Program:

This is coming out next week.

You can win a copy of the program, right now.

This is what is included in the Knee Injury Solution Program:

• 9 exercises that you can do to prevent knee pain
• A quick 10 minute workout that you can do anywhere to make your knees stronger
• The exercises to do after knee surgery to increase range of motion and decrease pain
• Exercises to do in order to make walking easier and pain-free
• A guide for those that have knee pain due to an ACL injury to read and have a better understanding of their injury

This is what you have to do in order to be eligible to win a copy of the Knee Injury Solution Program:

1. Go to the comment area and answer this question: “How will having a go-to exercise program for knee injuries help yourself or your knee injury clients?”

It’s that simple.

I will be reading all the comments over the next few day and will pick the winner Monday evening.

Now scroll down and leave a comment.

Rick Kaselj

I forgot to post this:

Moving on to part 6 of the ACL Injury series.

ACL Exercises (Part 6)

An injury involving the anterior cruciate ligament is a serious matter. The ACL is not adequately supplied by blood, which contains oxygen and the nutrients needed for tissue repair and healing. For this, an injury involving the ACL may take some time to heal, if at all. Over time, this can severely limit your physical activities, mobility, and independence. For severe tears, it may take 6 to 12 months (or longer) to restore knee function. Re-injury is also frequent once your ACL has been torn,  resulting in degeneration of the knee joint.

In complete ACL tears, a surgical procedure is the most likely recommendation to avoid further injury and re-injuries and to restore stability. Although the results of an ACL reconstruction are promising, the cost is financially damaging. In the United States, a reconstruction costs between $20,000 and $50,000.  An additional $3,000 is required for rehabilitation and follow up rehabilitation visits.

A neuromuscular training program is the best and most inexpensive way to prevent the occurrence and recurrence of ACL injuries. This training program consists of specialized balancing, stretching and strengthening exercises of the knee’s dynamic stabilizers, agility drills and plyometrics. These activities aim to improve knee stability on jumping, landing and pivoting. This program retrains you to use and move your body correctly, specifically the muscles and tendons surrounding the knee.

Neuromusclar training exercises are usually completed within 15 minutes. It is recommended that these exercises be included in your regular exercise regimen 2 to 3 times per week.

Warm Up Exercises

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Here is part 2 of my knee pain and knee injury series.

If you missed part 1, you can see it here.

Anatomy of the Knee cont.

Next to the femur, the tibia is the largest bone in the body. It is the weight bearing bone of the lower leg. The upper end of the tibia joins with the femur and its lower end joins with the talus, the bone that forms the lower part of the ankle. The fibula is located on the outer side of the leg. Unlike the tibia, this bone is non-weight bearing. Instead, it functions as an ankle joint stabilizer and as an attachment site for one of the four major knee ligaments and the biceps femoris tendon. The lower end of the fibula protrudes on the lateral side of the ankle.

Patella

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