Ice Massage for Tendonitis or Bursitis
If you've been diagnosed with tendonitis or bursitis, here's how an ice massage can be a great way to help reduce the inflammation. Remember to only perform an ice massage for about 6 minutes to...
View ArticleInner Thigh Strengthening Exercises
Our inner thigh muscles are made of our hip adductor muscles and our groin muscles. These simple exercises will show you how to strengthen your thigh muscles. You can also see how to stretch these...
View ArticleGoing Up and Down Stairs with an Injured Leg
Steps can be a scary place when your balance is not good. It can be even scarier when you have a leg injury. When going up and down the steps with a leg injury, you want to use your strong side to do...
View ArticleQuad Stretches to Help Relieve Pain
When your quadriceps muscles or tendons get injured, it can cause pain in the knees as well as the hips. When you have a strain, sprain, or tendonitis, these quad stretches will help the recovery...
View ArticleKnee Strengthening Exercises
This video will show you some very simple but effective knee strengthening exercises without having to go to a gym or buy weights. Knee pain can come from many things such as knee weakness,...
View ArticleKnee Isometric / Knee Setting Exercises
Sometimes you are not ready to perform strengthening exercises with full movements because you don't have enough strength yet, or because it hurts too much. This video will show you isometric or...
View ArticleOsgood-Schlatter's Disease / Syndrome Stretches & Exercises
Osgood-Schlatter's disease/syndrome is basically an irritation of your patellar tendon where it attaches to the tibial tuberosity. This often happens in children while they are still growing, but it...
View ArticleKnee Bursitis Stretches & Exercises
I often hear patients tell me they have that bursa. Well everyone has bursas throughout their bodies. A bursa is basically a small fluid filled sac that protects our tendons from rubbing on the bones....
View ArticleImproving Knee Extension (Knee Straightening)
Many times after a knee surgery, or even with knee osteoarthritis, people have a hard time getting their knee extension back. Being able to straighten out your knee is very important in many things we...
View ArticleCalf Strengthening Exercises
If you have weak calf muscles, or gastrocnemius muscles, due to surgery or an injury (or if you just have chicken legs like me!), then these calf exercises should help make them stronger.The first...
View ArticleLeg & Hip Active Range of Motion Exercises
These Leg & Hip Active Range of Motion Exercises are a great way to help get back the range of motion in your legs and hips after a surgery or injury.Start off seated in a chair with your back nice...
View ArticleKnee Stretches
Knee pain is very common, and OA or osteoarthritis is one of the main causes of knee pain. It can also be caused by weakness, tendonitis, or bursitis. In more severe cases, you might have injured your...
View ArticleSciatic Nerve Pain
Sciatic nerve pain usually occurs in the buttocks area, and it can often be caused from a tight muscle in the buttocks area called the piriformis muscle. People often describe the pain as achy,...
View ArticleHamstring Strengthening Exercises
Here are some simple hamstring strengthening exercises to get your hamstrings stronger. There are some more advanced hamstring exercises in the Swiss ball exercises once you master these. You may also...
View ArticleShin Splints (Strengthening)
The key to preventing shin splints is to strengthen your muscles. Check out the stretching video for shin splints first, and then check out this video to keep the lower leg muscles strong to prevent...
View ArticleShin Splints (Stretching)
If you frequently get shin splints, here are some simple stretches to help prevent or relieve them. Once you have checked this video out, you can watch the shin splint strengthening video to help keep...
View ArticlePatellofemoral Syndrome Exercises
Here are some quick and easy exercises you can do if you have been diagnosed with Patellofemoral syndrome. Patellofemoral Syndrome occurs when the patella, or kneecap is not tracking properly on the...
View ArticleGroin Stretches
When you pull a groin, it can be very painful. You can have a strain or sprain in your inner thigh muscles. Here are some simple stretches to get your groin sprain or strain feeling better.The first...
View ArticleTop 3 Knee Stretches
Sometimes you will feel or hear a popping, cracking, or clicking in your knee. This often is from osteoarthritis (OA). When you don't have a lot of time to stretch out your knees, you have to pick the...
View ArticleIce Massage for Tendonitis or Bursitis
If you've been diagnosed with tendonitis or bursitis, here's how an ice massage can be a great way to help reduce the inflammation. Remember to only perform an ice massage for about 6 minutes to...
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