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Corrective Exercise – What is it?

Jonathan Martin

Oct 29, 2018
3 min

Corrective Exercise – What is it?

So, you may have seen or heard me refer to corrective exercise previously and maybe said I am doing a PT session with a corrective exercise client. You probably weren’t sure what that meant. Often referred to as Postural Analysis and Corrective Exercise or (Functional) Movement Screening and Corrective Exercise. It is a process of Static (stationary) posture assessment and dynamic (movement) posture assessment followed by a programme of exercises to correct imbalances/weaknes

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Rule No.1 Knee Above Foot (part 2)

Jonathan Martin

Dec 11, 2017
2 min

Rule No.1 Knee Above Foot (part 2)

So in part 1 I discussed your knee being above your foot from an anterior or front view now I am going to look at the importance of knee above foot from the side view. This is just as important as particularly if your knee is in front of your toes there is a huge amount of stress placed on both the muscles and tendons but also the cartalige at the front of the knee. And it is particularly common that people over stress this area when coming down stairs. In fact the vast major

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Rule Number 1: Knee Above Foot

Jonathan Martin

Nov 27, 2017
2 min

Rule Number 1: Knee Above Foot

Rule Number 1: Knee Above Foot (part 1 - front view) As any of my knee rehab clients or for that matter those who have attended a run clinic with me will tell you I keep on about knee above foot. This is because it is incredibly important in firstly reducing the risk of injury, secondly in reducing pain where there is already a problem and thirdly enabling you to move better/stronger/faster. Optimal alignment is pretty much as you see in the image to the left of me stepping u

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So what's wrong with this picture?

Jonathan Martin

Jul 21, 2016
1 min

So what's wrong with this picture?

So what's wrong with this picture? Well honestly, it's perhaps not a good advert for the class I am promoting. The picture is just a stock image you can buy over the Internet so apologies to the woman in the picture (if you should ever read this article and if you suffer knee pain I will very happily help you out). The exercise she is doing is one that we do in the 'Knee, Hip & Balance Class' however if you are one of the class participants you would soon be given some coachi

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