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patellar tendinopathy
Quadruped Rock Back - Knee Flexion Bias
HOW: Start in the quadruped position on your hands and knees with your toes tucked under your feet. Push the ground away from you with your hands, which will cause your body to go backwards onto your knees. Bring your butt as close as you...
Prone Quad Stretch - Strap
HOW: Lay face down with a towel or strap around your ankle. Use the strap to pull your ankle towards your butt. Make sure to keep the pelvis tilted posterior (tucking your tailbone to keep a flat low back) while performing this stretch. FEEL: You...
Wall Squat
HOW: Begin in a standing position with your feet about hip-width apart, no more than a foot away from the wall, and your back supported on the wall. Next focus on lowering yourself down as far as you feel comfortable, then pull yourself up by...
Wall Sit - 45 deg
HOW: Begin in a standing position with your feet about hip width apart. Next focus on lowering yourself half way down and hold this position. Make sure to keep your back on the wall for the entirety of this exercise. The further you bring your...
Squat - TRX
HOW: Begin holding onto the TRX straps with your feet hip width apart. While keeping a majority of your weight on your mid foot slowly lower yourself down as far as you feel comfortable the squat back to starting position. Push your butt towards the...
Single Leg Triple Extension - Band
HOW: Anchor a band at waist height, then place the band around your hips. Begin this movement by performing a reverse lunge with control, then power yourself up into the end position demonstrated in this video. This movement is achieved by raising your heel, extending...
Double Leg Hip Hinge With Resistance Band
HOW: Anchor a band at waist height, then place the band around your hips. The band will be pulling you into a hip bending position, you will have to use your hip extensors (glutes and hamstrings) to pull yourself back up right. Keep a straight...
Single Leg RDL - Rear Foot Slide
HOW: Begin in a standing position with a majority of your weight on one leg. Next focus on hinging primarily at the hips. This is achieved by bring your torso forward and pushing your butt back. As your torso comes forward the sliding leg will...
Hip Ws - Band
HOW: Begin in a squat position, with a majority of your weight in the balls of your feet. Take a step out to your side (in a W formation) and allow your opposite leg to slowly meet with the leg that stepped out. Make sure...
Kickstand RDL
HOW: Begin in a staggered stance position with a majority of your weight on the front leg. Next focus on hinging primarily at the hips. This is achieved by bringing your torso forward and pushing your butt back. Lower yourself as far as you feel...