Overcoming Knee Pain With Systema

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It was almost 9 years ago that I was at Judo and had partnered with Martin Wheeler to practice a hip throw. I had done this throw thousands of times over the course of my career in Judo and was reasonably successful at it. One of the times I was coming into this hip throw and Martin tapped my hip a little. All of a sudden I found myself on the ground not understanding at all what just had happened.

Being full of myself, I looked at him and said, “Try that again!”

I came into the throw again and once again I found myself on the ground not knowing what just had happened.

I asked him, “What did you do?”

The response came, “I just relaxed your [Read more...]

Brand New “Knee Pain Guru Video”

I wanted to get this post up as quickly as possible….

All of these exercises have two purposes to both stretch and strengthen the tendons and ligaments in your knees specifically designed to make your knees stronger, more fluid, and more resistant to injury.

Anyhow back to the reason I made this post:

Check out this video and let me know what you think!

To Your Pain Free Knees!

Bill

(The Knee Pain Guru)

Knee Pain & Teenie Tiny Movements

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Ok Everybody,

Here is a concept that I believe is very import in the quest to understanding your Knee Pain.  That is the teenie tiny movements (intrinsic) in your knee joint.

Most of the time when the knee is discussed there is only talk about how the knee bends and straightens.  This concept and idea is best understood when we walk.  However, there are intrinsic movements, very tiny and subtle movements that [Read more...]

Knee Pain and Cycling

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Hey Everyone,

A few years back and a couple of years after my knee surgery (cartilage tear and ACL replacement) I went on a cross country bicycle trip.  It was about a 2700 mile trip and lasted about 2 months.  Many people I spoke with at the time said cycling [Read more...]

Knee Pain and Muscle Strength

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Here is a good article I found on WebMD

“Why You Must Protect Your Knees.” featured in REDBOOK

There are points about this article that are very good and there are other points that [Read more...]

Knee Pain While Running

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About 4 months ago I began running in the morning on a daily/semi daily basis. After the first few weeks and the usual aches and pains from running got worked out of my system. I noticed that there was a tendency for there to be pain in the front of my knee and underneath (towards my feet) my knee cap. Of course this leads to less of a desire to jog when your knees are hurting.

So this is an “exercise” for lack of a better term to do for your knees [Read more...]