n=1, but I agree with the article. I have been having knee pain and the Doctor of PT that I am seeing has me doing stretches (hamstring, especially) and strength exercises for the hips & hamstrings.
Do you know what stretches were in the study?
No. Just came acroos the article this morning and thought it might be interesting to some in light of all the non-stretching sentiment here on ST.
No. Just came acroos the article this morning and thought it might be interesting to some in light of all the non-stretching sentiment here on ST.
Never believe headlines.
“A simple set of lower limb stretching and strengthening exercises resulted in a substantial and safe reduction in the incidence of AKP in a young military population undertaking a physical conditioning program,”
I mean, it couldn’t have been the strengthening exercises that did it, right? It had to be the stretching. And it couldn’t have been that the “standard military warm-up and cool-down exercises” were causing the knee problems, right?
That was the ultimate kicker for my knee post cyborg. Went through PT 2x over 18 months with all kinds of strengthening, but so odd that little to no emphasis was ever put on stretching. Still had horrible tracking issues and was kept off the road. Went to a deep tissue gal who immediately put me on a ballzout stretching program for glutes, IT, quads and hammy’s. 6 weeks later I was like a rubber band with zero knee issues. Even my ‘good’ knee felt better:)
stop confusing people with your logic and reasoning 
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I’ve recently had similar results. ITB/burstitis issues in my left knee, Pes Anserinus bursitis in the right. Stopped running and riding for 6 weeks, plus stretching glutes, hamstrings, IT band and quads, plus foam-roller mobilization of the same 2x per day. Poof, no more knee problems, in fact my knees haven’t felt this strong in years.
That was the ultimate kicker for my knee post cyborg. Went through PT 2x over 18 months with all kinds of strengthening, but so odd that little to no emphasis was ever put on stretching. Still had horrible tracking issues and was kept off the road. Went to a deep tissue gal who immediately put me on a ballzout stretching program for glutes, IT, quads and hammy’s. 6 weeks later I was like a rubber band with zero knee issues. Even my ‘good’ knee felt better:)
What stretches did you do?
For me it’s a number of different stretches, in this order:
Seated gluteus / periformis stretch
Standing isolated hamstring stretch
Standing paired hamstring stretches… feet together, feet shoulder width, feet wider than shoulder, lateral to each foot.
Standing quadriceps stretch
Supinated IT Band stretch (with strap)
Then it’s on to the foam roller working sectionally per leg starting from the achilles all the way up the leg to the glutes. After the foam roller I do one more fast and basic set of the leg stretches… standing paired hamstring (feet together), standing quadricep, standing IT Band just to push out any last remaining lactose released from using the roller.
Now that I’m good at it, total time is about 10-12 minutes, maybe 15 if I find some exceptionally tight spots on the roller.
stop confusing people with your logic and reasoning
Yes because this is BT.