Terminal Knee Extension Part 2 | Feat. Kelly Starrett | MobilityWOD

Fixing Terminal Knee Extension.

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Terminal Knee Extension Part 2 | Feat. Kelly Starrett | MobilityWOD

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I've been dealing with tendinitis in my knees for months. I just got a band did this exercise and immediately noticed more range of motion and less pain.  Kelly Starrett is the man!

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I've had this problem for so long, and didn't know the solution was this easy! holy crap. THANKS.

[christinegrew]

Very helpful video, thanks. Particularly enjoyed the appearance of Pete the dog!

[Antone]

Dude! Thanks so much for this vid! My ITband has been weak for literally the past yr. Been resting it for 6 months and nothing.. tried foam rolling, acupuncture still was hurt and weak/tense. i tried your excercise yesterday and there was a little click and boooom! My leg felt weird but more loose, like i was using muscles ive never used in a long time! So weird! I believe it was because i gained weight and that caused my ankle to turn inwards when i walked. Thanks so much tho! Hoping i can get back down to my normal weight and start playing a high level of basketball again!

[emaddarawsheh]

Naaah...I will chose the other way to get my 5 degrees extension, i will have a business doctor to cut open ony knee and do some stupid placebo surgery and then the operarion fails and i start looking for a full knee replacment you are a God geft may God bless you...

[ikamak]

This was very helpful. Thanks a lot keep up the good work!!

[cft]

I am also a PT and was thinking the same thing during the video. According to MDT there may be a lateral component that would be addressed at the knee with EITHER internal or external rotation, but assuming he is talking about normal biomechanics, I would also disagree with the basic mechanics of the video. A good test retest is to start with basic extension and then add the variable of IR to test the difference. Just a thought.

[MaxiLester]

I assume you are a Certified or Diplomate in MDT (I`m certified in MDT too)... You are right, if we think about lateral component, that could be the solution, as well as the Mulligan Concept approach....
I think the technique Kelly is showing is great, but maybe he could say that he is not approaching the normal biomechanic correction of the knee, but a possible positional fault or derrangement...
I love this career!

[eldygirl]

Great stuff! Thank you for sharing this self-treatment technique. It's giving the patient the ability to provide mobilization with movement in two planes! I have a 17 y.o. female soccer player 5 days post ACL (complete) rupture. All other ligaments are intact. Questionable medical meniscus tear (small). She's an excellent athlete. I don't see any contraindications with this technique. Do you? I would greatly appreciate your input. Thanks!

[Chiro]

This is going to sound stupid, but I have a dog Pete's size and I'd like to get her a similar puffy coat... What kind of jacket is Pete wearing?

[MexicanThreads]

This is amazing. I'm trying it tonight.

[bigburg]

Hahaha . There's this thing called the floor
. haha... great video thanks for the help

[hasancoool]

How many times a day/week? I've lost my hyperextension after acl surgery.

[ianonbass]

Whats the next video after this please? Couldnt find the variations he was going to show.

[courtneykatherine]

The resistance on the foot is that too keep the knee fully extended? Would you do that exercise for a warmup each time before a workout?

[h]

I had to undergo a surgery to repair my broken tibia. It's been almost 9 weeks since the surgery and I am struggling with terminal knee extension. Would this help in improving my terminal knee extension, because I have got a rod and few screws in leg?

[joshfinley]

To thepp stated, normal biomechanics is ER of tibia and relative IR of femur for screw home mechanism in terminal extension. If we were to apply a muscle energy as suggested in the video then why not apply and hold IR at the femur and then quad set with TKE to ER tibia as a mobilization. It appears that traction as applied also puts the passive stabilizing structures (ligaments and capsule) under tension which may inherently provide stability and prevent the best attempt at accessory motion.

[MiraclesFSC]

Isn't this opposite of what the tibia does to lock into extension? Shouldn't you be twisting externally? Confused. Thanks

[corytaves]

Why do you switch legs from part 1 to part 2?

[relytrecneps]

I had PCL surgery 12 weeks ago and still don't have full extension. Is this safe for me to try?