Filed Under (Knee Injury, Knee Pain) by Rick Kaselj on 01-03-2012
I am back with another exercise and injury interview for you and today it focuses on a knee injury.
The specific knee injury we are going to talk about is osteochondritis.
I am going to talk with Zach Moore who is a strength coach and he is going to talk about how he overcame numerous knee surgeries and osteochondritis. In the interview he talks about how it was a bit of a journey to find a place that got him doing the right exercises for osteochondritis.
Enjoy!
CLICK HERE to listen to the interview with Zach Moore on Exercise and Osteochondritis.

CLICK HERE to listen to the interview with Zach Moore on Exercise and Osteochondritis.
What Zach Moore Goes through in the Interview on Exercise and Osteochondritis
- Zach talks about his injury, osteochondritis
- What osteochondritis is and how Zach got it
- The variety of surgeries he had to have for osteochondritis
- He did all kinds of rehab after his surgery and for his osteocondritis, but was not happy with the results
- How getting an assessment from Bill Hartman was the key to helping him to finally get on the right rehab track
- The importance of focusing on the hip when it comes to knee injuries
- Exercises to focus in on for osteochondritis
- Key exercises to avoid if you have osteochondritis
- Important exercise techniques for lower body exercises
- The mindset you need to have in order to overcome your injury
- The right kind of research to do for your injuries
- How being a client at IFAST and meeting Mike Robertson and Bill Hartman was the start of his strength coach career
- Tips for those recovering from knee injury and pain
- Who is Zach Moore
A few things you need to know about listening to the interview:
- To listen to the interview, scroll down to the bottom of this page and click the play button symbol. If you do not have time to listen to it right now, just click the “download” button and download it to your computer. Then you can listen to it on your computer when you like. Plus you can subscribe to the itunes podcast and get all the interviews when they are ready. Enjoy!
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- Here is a video explaining how to download the interview recording
If you are looking for the knee injury exercises that I use with clients, you can check out Knee Injury Solution by clicking here:
If you liked this interview and are looking for other exercise and injury advice, check out these other articles, videos and interviews:
- Exercise after C-Section with Carmen Bott
- Rapid Recovery from Neck Fusion Surgery with Josh Henkin
- Hip Flexor Injury Exercise Considerations with Dr. Casey Kerrigan
If you have an injury recovery story, I would like to hear it. Please do contact me – I would love to interview you.
Rick Kaselj, MS



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