from SkatefreshAsha on 21 Jul 2021
This question came in from Paula Thomson on YouTube “How do I recover from lockdown weight gain and sharp pain in knees.”In this video I share with you some simply exercises which helped me heal a persistent knee injury 7 years ago. These are off skates movements that can be done by anyone, as I’ll show you different options you can choose depending on your current strength and flexibility. Doing these exercises regularly took away my knee pains and made me stronger in those non-skating muscles that were weak.I believe many people experience knee and join pains when they begin to skate because the muscular load of even basic skating is quite high and many people come to skating without much strength win their lower body muscles, particularly the gluten and core, but also the legs. This means for example the muscles above and below the knees have to suddenly do a huge amount of work they are not accustomed to (like weight bearing all the body’s weight on just one leg repeatedly)…..they begin to complain.The trick is to skate regularly and often and slowly build up the amount of time you skate for. Long infrequent skate sessions may well do you more harm than good.This exercise is from the Bikram Beginner Yoga series and is one of the movements that I hold responsible for healing my knee pains and keeping them away.If you’d like more off-skates movement guidance from me, check out the free 8 min Pre/Post skate Yoga class on this page and just click free trial.https://skatefresh.com/yoga-for-skaters/Who is Asha? Powerslide Brand Ambassador (since 2011) Skate Coach for BBC and Disney Champion quads figure skater who represented Great Britain internationally. Founder of Skatefresh.com (since 2000) Skating for 36 years Teaching inlines and quads for 20 years 342 Instructors Certified worldwide (with ICP)Are you desperate to get better at skating? Let Asha help you for FREE.Get Instant, FREE, lifetime access to 10 Video Course Trials today from Asha’s extensive range of professionally shot and edited Video TrainingsBEGINNER INLINES – FREE VIDEO TRAININGSAre you a compete beginner and apprehensive about getting hurt? Want to start skating safely without falling? Prefer to follow a step-by-step, easy to follow program? Avoid injury and embarrassment by learning to skate with a professional instructor following proven methods. 1. Static Preparations + Basic Movementhttps://skatefresh.com/product/how-to… 2. Heel Brake Stophttps://skatefresh.com/product/how-to…3. Develop your Basic Stridehttps://skatefresh.com/product/how-to…INTERMEDIATE INLINES – FREE VIDEO TRAININGSHave you hit a wall in your learning? The harder stuff doesn’t come so easily anymore. 4. Lunge Turnhttps://skatefresh.com/product/how-to…5. Spin Stophttps://skatefresh.com/product/how-to…6. Develop your Fitness Stridehttps://skatefresh.com/product/how-to…ADVANCED INLINES – FREE VIDEO TRAININGSWant to make people stop and stare? Learn the Powerslide for fast immediate stopping, anytime, anywhere. Understand and master the Double Push for fast, impressive, powerful skating.7. Barrel Rollhttps://skatefresh.com/product/how-to…8. Backwards Powerslide https://skatefresh.com/product/how-to…9. Develop your Double Push Speed Skating Techniquehttps://skatefresh.com/product/how-to…BEGINNER QUADS – FREE VIDEO TRAININGSAre you a compete beginner and apprehensive about getting hurt? Want to start skating safely without falling? Prefer to follow a step-by-step, easy to follow program? 10. Static Preparations + Basic Movement (Quads)https://skatefresh.com/how-to-quad-ro…INTERMEDIATE QUADS – FREE VIDEO TRAININGHave you hit a wall in your progress?Having trouble stopping? Every Quaddie needs a T!11. T-Stophttps://skatefresh.com/how-to-quad-ro…DANCE QUADS – FREE VIDEO TRAININGWanna dance on wheels like @oumi_janta or @anaocto?Start here with;12. The Box Step https://skatefresh.com/all-visual-qua…YOGA FOR SKATERSGetting aches and pains during or after skating? Maybe you need to be adding some stretching to your skate practice.Grab your FREE 7min pre-post skate stretch video class here;10. https://skatefresh.com/yoga-for-skaters/For lessons in the UK visit us at https://www.skatefresh.com Follow Asha and Skatefresh on social media: Facebook: https://facebook.com/skatefreshashaInstagram: https://instagram.com/skatefreshashaSkatefresh is sponsored by Powerslide.Video by @skaterstu_brightonskate