This is an activation work - basic "strengthening" work of the muscle, this is a low level work but good to get a sense of what needs to be kickstart the rehab process
I found this useful, ignore the jerks. Myself, am trying to correct a bad running gait (due to bad habits gained from nursing a rib injury) that resulted in ITBS. My left medial is much smaller than my right calf. And I'm guessing some other upper legs muscles and hip as well. I've found that an inwarding-twisting knee, one legged, elevated squat seems to trigger what feels like all my underdeveloped muscle. Is this something good or is it damaging in the long run?
You can possibly do that, but it is much higher level work, more tricky and more likely to go wrong. Start with something simpler, like the above exercise, then progress to standing, then elevated before doing it single-leg. With knee twisting inward or what we commonly call a internal rotation or medial rotation of the knee, there needs to be more ankle and hip/ pelvis control, otherwise there is a higher risk of knee injury if you lose control. I prefer to do heel in and pivotting at the big toe keeping the knee stable rather than turn the knee in - more dangerous and a risky manoeveur, best done with a lot of pre-training. Progress slowly and in a controlled manner.
Gotta get those bunions bro! Leaving a ton of ankle stability on the table
Excellent cueing and video demonstration of proper form
Thank you very much! hope it helped.
ok not bad. maybe the format of the video is not well organised, but instructions were clear. Is this a stretch or strengthening exercise though?
This is an activation work - basic "strengthening" work of the muscle, this is a low level work but good to get a sense of what needs to be kickstart the rehab process
What is purpose of this excercise?
engaging and activation of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle
I found this useful, ignore the jerks.
Myself, am trying to correct a bad running gait (due to bad habits gained from nursing a rib injury) that resulted in ITBS.
My left medial is much smaller than my right calf. And I'm guessing some other upper legs muscles and hip as well.
I've found that an inwarding-twisting knee, one legged, elevated squat seems to trigger what feels like all my underdeveloped muscle.
Is this something good or is it damaging in the long run?
You can possibly do that, but it is much higher level work, more tricky and more likely to go wrong. Start with something simpler, like the above exercise, then progress to standing, then elevated before doing it single-leg. With knee twisting inward or what we commonly call a internal rotation or medial rotation of the knee, there needs to be more ankle and hip/ pelvis control, otherwise there is a higher risk of knee injury if you lose control. I prefer to do heel in and pivotting at the big toe keeping the knee stable rather than turn the knee in - more dangerous and a risky manoeveur, best done with a lot of pre-training. Progress slowly and in a controlled manner.
4 min while it could have actually taken 1 min max to explain everything xD
Thank you, this was meant for rehabilitation patients who may need more hand-holding and guidance of what needs to be done.