http://exercisesforinjuries.com Rick Kaselj specializes in helping clients use exercise to overcome their injuries. Rick shares his knowledge and experience with other fitness professionals across North America through live courses, webinars and books. This podcast is made up of audio clips featuring some tips and information for fitness professionals on the topic of exercises and injuries. To learn more about Rick Kaselj you can exercise and injury blog at ExercisesForInjuries.com . Mon, 21 May 2012 21:11:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2009-2010 rick@exercisesforinjuries.com (Rick Kaselj of Exercises for) rick@exercisesforinjuries.com (Rick Kaselj of Exercises for) Health: Fitness & Nutrition 1440 http://exercisesforinjuries.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/exercisesforinjuries144.jpg http://exercisesforinjuries.com 144 144 The Fitness Professionals Source for Exercises and Injuries. Rick Kaselj specializes in helping clients use exercise to overcome their injuries. Rick shares his knowledge and experience with other fitness professionals across North America through live courses, webinars and books. This podcast is made up of audio clips featuring some tips and information for fitness professionals on the topic of exercises and injuries. To learn more about Rick Kaselj you can exercise and injury blog at ExercisesForInjuries.com lower, back, pain, rotator, cuff, exercises, scapular, stabilization Rick Kaselj of Exercises for Rick Kaselj of Exercises for rick@exercisesforinjuries.com no no http://exercisesforinjuries.com/is-downhill-walking-good-for-you-after-anterior-cruciate-surgery/ http://exercisesforinjuries.com/is-downhill-walking-good-for-you-after-anterior-cruciate-surgery/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:00:21 +0000 Rick Kaselj http://exercisesforinjuries.com/?p=1586 http://exercisesforinjuries.com/is-downhill-walking-good-for-you-after-anterior-cruciate-surgery/feed/ 4 http://exercisesforinjuries.com/knee-pain-with-knees-passing-the-toes/ http://exercisesforinjuries.com/knee-pain-with-knees-passing-the-toes/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:58:34 +0000 Rick Kaselj http://exercisesforinjuries.com/?p=1201 http://exercisesforinjuries.com/knee-pain-with-knees-passing-the-toes/feed/ 14 0:02:47 I just wrapped up my Exercise Rehabilitation of the Knee course at Douglas College. I learn so much from the fitness professionals that attend.  They all have great questions and I wanted to share one with you. I got a great question from one of the[...] I just wrapped up my Exercise Rehabilitation of the Knee course at Douglas College. I learn so much from the fitness professionals that attend.  They all have great questions and I wanted to share one with you. I got a great question from one of the registrants about knees passing the toes. Commonly taught in fitness certification is the fact that you should not have the knees passing the toes.  My response to this is, it depends on the situation. The Deal on the Knees Passing the Toes ==> CLICK HERE to watch the video on what the deal is with the knees passing the toes 3 Situations on the Knees Passing Toes There are three different situations to consider when it comes to the knees passing the toes. #1 – Client with a Knee Injury or Knee Pain If your client has some sort of present knee injury or knee pain, you don’t want the knees to pass the toes, period. You want to work the full range of motion of the knee, but this would be done in a non-weight-bearing situation. #2 – Client with No Knee Injuries or No Knee Pain If your client doesn’t have any knee problems or knee injuries, you want them to be able to squat all the way down and come back up. In this situation, squatting down is going to have the knees pass the toes. In an unloaded situation with no dumbbells, no barbells, no hack squat machine and no squat rack; you want your client to be able to go from standing, squat down and come back up, in the individual with the uninjured knee. #3 – Adding Load to the Squat If you start adding load (dumbbells and barbells and machines) you want them just to go to 90 degrees. When the knees pass 90 degrees in a loaded situation, it ends up putting a lot of stress and strain on the knee joint. I hope this clarifies things when it comes to the knees passing the toes. So remember, in a client that has a knee injury, or previous knee injury, you don’t want the knees to pass the toes; you want to try to keep the weight shifted on the heels in order to activate hamstrings and glutes a lot more and decrease the strain on the knee joint. In the second group of people, and the people that don’t have any kind of knee injury, you want them to be able to squat all the way down and come back up in an unloaded situation; that’s perfectly fine for them to do. The third group, when you start loading things up and loading joints, you want to limit them to 90 degrees. Thank for reading.  Make sure to leave me a comment and let me know what you thing about the blog post. Rick Kaselj, MS P.S. – One group of exerises that I make sure my knee injury clients doe are gluteus maximus exercises.  To learn The Most Effective Gluteus Maximus Exercises, CLICK HERE. . General Rick Kaselj of Exercises for no no