This is one my prehab, warmup, get the blood flowing, Chi moving and pre exercise movement series. It is designed to get your body and mind ready for exercise and athletic activities. It's a great to open up the hips, good for flexibility of the legs, feet and spine. Specially helpful for preventing knee injuries like runner's knee, Iliotibial band problems, patellar tendonitis issues and Also good for coordination, motor control and general warm up. Remember not to force the movement, move...
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For most of us who sit for long hours in our modern lifestyle, hip tightness can be a major problem. This often leads lots of other problems like low back pain, runners knee pain, sacroiliac joint pain, iliotibial band pain, hip pain and can basically affect structures above and below the hip joint. The anterior or front hip tissues often become very tight. Very important to stretch the iliopsoas and rectus femoris muscles and anterior hip capsule/ligament to free up the hip. This 1/2 ...
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This is cross friction massage technique specifically for patellar tendonitis, patellar tendinosis, Chondromalacia patella, patello-femoral problems and post surgical or post injury knee pain. This knee pain treatment technique is helpful for reducing thickening, adhesions, myofascial restictions or scarring at the patellar tendon and along the border of the patel...
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In this video I am going to share with you some simple tips I teach my patients who are trying to improve their digestion and increase their metabolism to burn fat. These principles may seem simple, but are very powerful for optimal health and fitness. Whether you are trying to lose weight for improving your health or when recovering from injuries like runner knee, joint pain after running, patellar tendonitis, low back pain, Iliotibial band pain, osteoarthritis of the knee and knee arth...
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In this video I am going to share with you how to lose weight, detox and improve your digestion with ginger.  It is a common herb used in many Ayurvedic formulas to improve digestion, cleanse toxins from the body, help reduce fever, as a potent pain reliever. It helps enkindle digestive fire resulting in improved metabolism and fat burning.  The other benefit of ginger is that it helps to detox the body.  So a small piece of ginger sliced with a pinch of salt and few drops of lemon taken abo...
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A lot of knee problems can be treated effectively by addressing hip and ankle flexibility. Knee pain might be the symptom, but the underlying problem could be a stiff ankle or hip. As I always say always treat above and below the affected area. Often people spend time treating the painful knee but neglect the other structures in the chain that are causing the problem. Remember the whole system works together and thus you have to address every piece of the chain.

Stiff ankle or hip can cause ...
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In this video I am going to show you a stretch and mobilization for Ilio Tibial Band Pain. This can often get irritated and painful in runners and other athletes. Poor foot, knee and hip mechanics can contribute to IT Band problems and outside knee pain. 

This technique is helpful for improving the flexibility of the IT Band and it can also help breakdown adhesions or...
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 In this video I am going to show you a stretch and mobilization for improving ankle flexibility. Ankle range can get impaired following ankle sprains or other injuries. This technique is helpful for improving the flexibility of the ankle joint, calf muscles and achilles tendon.

 It is a dynamic mobilization with movement technique which is very effective for improving the flexibility of the ankle joint. Important to have adequate ankle mobility for running, squatting, stairs, etc. ...
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Hi everyone, I see lots of patients with shoulder problems, ranging from rotator cuff injury or tears, to shoulder impingement, to adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) and after various shoulder surgeries. From the physical therapy perspective one of the most important things for shoulder rehab is proper sequencing for shoulder stretching and strengthening exercises. 

In this video I am going to show you a great shoulder stretching exercise for improving shoulder range of motion for reaching ...

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