20 May Forward Walking – Hurdle, Involved Leg
HOW:Using cones, lines, hurdles, or any other object, slowly step over each object with your involved leg. Lift your ankle up to help you clear the object. FEEL: You may feel tightness in your knee as you do this, this is normal. COMPENSATION: Do not...
20 May Backward Walking – Hurdle, Uninvolved Leg
HOW: Using cones, lines, hurdles, or any other object, slowly step over each object with your uninvolved leg. As you take a step with your involved leg, work on “staying strong” and squeezing your glutes and quadriceps as you make contact with the ground....
13 May Elevated Suitcase Lift – Dumbbell, Step
HOW: Place a dumbbell on an elevated surface. Stand next to the dumbbell in an athletic position with your feet shoulder width apart and your toes pointed forward. Squat down keeping your chest up, hinging slightly at the hips, and bending your knees. At...
13 May Staggered Box Squat
HOW: Stagger your feet by placing one foot slightly forward, making sure that your feet are about shoulder width apart. Place the leg you want to work more in the back. Then, complete a box squat by bending at your hips and knees like...
09 May Forward Bound
HOW: Start in a standing athletic position. Shift your bodyweight to one side, then jump forward and land on the opposite foot. Land softly and by bending at your hips, knee, and ankle slightly by performing a small squat on the landing leg. Stay...
09 May Supine Passive Knee Extension PROM
HOW: While laying on your back, straighten your leg out and place your heel on an elevated surface with your toe pointed up. Typically lying back on your couch with your foot on the arm rest will suffice. Relax your leg muscles and let...
09 May Supine Passive Knee Extension PROM With Overpressure – Ankle Weight
HOW: While laying on your back, straighten your leg out and place your heel on an elevated surface. Typically lying back on your coach with your foot on the arm rest will suffice. Place the weighted object over your knee and let your leg...
09 May Prone Knee Extension PROM Hang
HOW: Laying on a table or elevated surface, make sure your knees are slightly hanging over the edge. Your knee cap should be just over the edge, comfortably. Let gravity pull your lower leg down and extend your knee. Hold that stretch as long...
09 May Seated Overpressure Terminal Knee Extension – Kettlebell
HOW: While seated on an elevated surface, place your heel on a step. Attach a super band to a kettlebell(instructions in the video) and place your leg through the band. Make sure to place one loop below the kneecap and the other above. With...
08 May Transverse Plane Lunge Matrix
HOW: You are going to be moving side-to-side in this exercise. Step to the side turning your body 90 degrees to perform a rotating lunge. Immediately reverse the movement and turn 180 degrees and go into a lunge in the opposite direction. Push your...
