YoYo’s World

For the past week and a half I have been having knee problems that are progressively getting worse. This probably the first time I’ve decided not to work out because of my knees. I’ve been on my computer for about an hour looking at exercises I could do that wouldn’t really require the use of my knees, but I realized there’s probably something more important to do, align my body first.

A few months ago I read Egoscue’s Method to Health Through Motion, written by Peter Egoscue. It was a physical therapy book that talked about joint alignment and how it is pivotal to have correct alignment in order to avoid injuries. This book says that I have a knee problem because I have misalignment in my hips and I have misalignment in my hips because of my shoulders. Nice. Egoscue goes on to say that the only way to permanenting solve this problem, get it at its source, is to align the shoulders and then ultimately realign your hips.

 The crazy thing is that he said it could take months for real results to pop up. This has got me a little worried and frustrated because that means I’ll be out of commission for a very long time and the worst nightmare of any athlete is to lose their athleticism. To try and solve this problem, I’m going to try and come up with ways to exercise and keep my fitness, while also allowing my knees to rehabilitate and come back into proper alignment. I’ve scoped the internet and found some interesting stretches and exercises and I’m going to begin to outline a training program for myself.

I also plan to talk to my Personal Training professor about this today after class, so before you know it I’ll be posting information on knee pain and rehabilitation. I’ve known many people who have suffered tremendously from knee injury and many can’t participate in their sport like they used to; the second worse nightmare for every athlete.

Within the next few weeks, like I said, I will be compiling any and all information on knee injury and methods and strategies to correct the problem at its source. So stay tuned for that because the information will prove to be invaluable, especially if you are correctly having knee problems or you have a history.

Take it easy and be safe and healthy!

-YoYo

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