Knee pain and injury prevention when returning to exercise Pt.1 - Squats | Tim Keeley | Physio REHAB

Many of you maybe starting to head back into the gym - if not already! If you have had some time off from exercise, especially load (like weights and plyometrics) then launching straight back into gym work, running, group exercise classes and boot camps needs to be done with a bit of awareness around your mechanics.

This 4 part video series on knees will help you identify common biomechanical problems in movements that you can easily spot and help correct to prevent further injuries down the track. I will go through 4 main exercise movements inclusing Squats, Lunges, Step Ups and Box Jumps.

Usually people dont feel mechnical knee pain until a few weeks into a new routine with non-optimum knee movement. Too many weeks of exercises with a knee rolling in, and then with load can lead produce stress on the knee tissues and eventually pain and injury. This will definitely put a road block in your training - that you have so long yearned to get back into. Don't let this happen to you!

PART 1: SQUATS
What you are looking for is knee tracking problems. You have probably all heard this before but I am here to re-iterate how important that rolling knee is and why you should make sure it doesn't happen. If you can't correct you technique it maybe a hip weakness problem that you should go and see your Physio about - to get the right hip stability and external rotation strengthening exeicses on one leg to improve it.