Totally agree with this video. I do reverse lunges because forward lunges are too stressful on the knees.

@debbiec6216

2 ай бұрын

how do you do reverse lunges ?

@bobc4d

2 ай бұрын

@@debbiec6216 it is last exercise Will talks about, watch the video

@karenkrevalis555

2 ай бұрын

@@debbiec6216watch Will’s video. He demonstrates reverse lunges in this video; as the preferred substitute for regular lunges where the leg comes forward and puts the stress on the knee. The leg goes backward and you are working the front leg.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Great to hear you agree!

@emh8861

Ай бұрын

Ever heard of the knee over toes guy ?

This explains why my knees were so sore after yoga yesterday. Very informative and helpful. Thank Will!

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much Harlow. It feels somebody cares for the Seniors. Extremely useful contribution by you. You are correcting my mistakes & boosting my confidence. I am into high altitude trekking with a 30 years of lower back pain issue & of course, have worn out knees 🙏

@HT-Physio

Ай бұрын

It's my pleasure to be able to share my work with so many others, I'm so pleased it's able to offer support and to boost your confidence. I'm sorry to hear that you have been experiencing back and knee troubles - I hope my videos can offer guidance on how to address these areas!

You wouldn't believe the resistance I've had from personal trainers and athletic trainers (U.S.) when I ask to exclude the leg extension machine from all workouts. Even as a healthy high school athlete with strong thighs I could hear the underside of my right patella crackle when doing the leg extension machine. I had very good form. My coaches just dismissed it as normal. I've now had multiple PTs advise against it. I include this entry just to warn some people they may run into those who disagree with taking out the leg extension machine. Trainers may try to talk you into using it. Hold firm. Your body. Your money. Find someone else if you need to. I haven't missed the machine at all.

@mixedandknot5911

Ай бұрын

Grateful

@Pinnfeathers

Ай бұрын

Find a trainer that doesn’t rely on machines. The only machines my personal trainer uses at his gym are treadmills, bicycles, and elliptical machines.

@swatiawasthi8430

Ай бұрын

😊​@@Pinnfeathers

As ever. Super useful and clear. Thanks so much Will. Have great weekend.

Thank you. Very helpful especially the leg extension machine; forward lunges too does hurts my knees.

Another amazing useful video. You’re the best Will!

Great video. Thank you very much.

Thank you I'm a older man and the reverse lunge is a wonderful alternative thanks for the heads up you rock 😊

So pleased I’ve watched this video.. I’ve been doing the leg extension and also forward lunges for rehab… my knee seems to be getting worse (my other knee feels aggravated too) had keyhole surgery last year (2 meniscus tears) I’ll definitely be trying the reverse lunge now and missing out the leg extension. Thank you so much

Exercises that may be damaging your knees : 1. Inner Range Quads 2. Knee Extension Machine 3. Forward Lunge Alternatives: 1. Straight Leg Raise 2. Leg Press Machine 3. Reverse Lunge

@kattmilk

28 күн бұрын

You when the internet today! Thank you! ☺

@fancyfrancy2244

25 күн бұрын

Thank you! He took forever to get to the exercises!!!

@jackieburns5257

13 күн бұрын

Sumo squat

This is a god send, getting the book today.

As always ,thank you very much Sir your awesome guidance !

Knee extension machine. Fortunately i had a trainer who told me to never use it. It seemed an unnatural movement to me so i listened to him. Your book is arriving at my house today! Thank you for helping us enjoy movement

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

It sounds like you had a good trainer! Thank you for purchasing my book, I really appreciate it - I hope you find it packed full of useful content!

That's very helpful, I've paid to see a Physio a couple of years ago and your videos are way more informative. Thanks for sharing and I'll recomend your channel to freinds and family.

Great information! I have knee pain and will adjust my exercises.

Thanks for sharing this information

Very helpful. Thank you!

I really needed this. My sore knees keep me from doing a lot of things I still wanted to do.

@triarb5790

2 ай бұрын

Since using his suggestions here in HT Physio combined with another great KZreadr, El Paso Physio, each with complimentary and realistic exercises for the over 50s, I have built strength my glutes and leg muscles and have not had a back or knee issue now for 3 years. 😊. Using their guides, I have been working on my grip strength and upper body strength for the past year and am seeing great results too. 😊😊

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

So pleased my video came at the right time - wishing you all the best :)

Great ideas - thank you ! I hadn't thought about a reverse lunge before .... must try it 😀

This is so timely for me. I rejoined a club and went on Monday through 16 weight based machines. My poor bone-on-bone knees were really hurting after that and I have been trying to figure which machines to avoid. Knee extension machine is out!! Thank you!!

@jakireed2084

2 ай бұрын

Use ice packs on your knees after the workout. It. Helps reduce the inflammation & pain.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Pleased I was able to shed some light on what you were experiencing - wishing you all the best going forward with your club :)

@brendastolecki4755

2 ай бұрын

Start taking HYDROLYZED COLLAGEN, every day. It helps the body rebuild cartilage in all joints. It has helped me. I was painfree in my knees and shoulders...until I got the bulging discs. That is a different kind of pain. I still take it. I am determined to NOT be handicapped by this. I want to travel and be able to walk and sitesee ot hike.

THANK YOU, Will! I am working hard to protect my knees and make supporting muscles stronger!

Really helpful. Arthritis in my knee has got worse since meniscus tear repaired.

Thank you soo much you addressed my knee cap problem so well. I love your Friday tips and I am subscribed. Totally useful information !

So clear, so well explained . No wasted time. Thank you so much.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Very happy to help :)

So helpful Will Thanks again for your time and help ❤

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Very happy to help :)

Very good. 10 years ago I was diagnosed with patella arthritis in one knee and leg extensions and lunges definitely made them worse.

Thank you dr for the valuable information. it is of great help.

Very valuable information

Hi Will, thank you for these particular exercises-- much needed! Your work is appreciated. 😊👍

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Very happy to be of help!

Many thanks... Willl try these out once I hit the gym this evening.

I am a subscriber. Love your videos and the very helpful tips. I do have osteoarthritis in my knees and these are great tips for my exercise routine. Thank you

This was helpful! I realized that lunges were bad for my knees years ago. I have wondered about that machine. I never felt comfortable with it and did very minimal with it, as I could feel that it might not be best for my knees. I love using the alternate machine that you suggested! Thank you.

. Over 65 and continuing to work out to keep muscle and keep fit and keep flexibility. I am finding your videos really informative and your instruction especially clear. Thanks!

Awwww this enlightens me ! Thank you Will 💡

Thank you so much for giving us such great guidance. Is wrapping the knee good for support and to keep it from twisting?

I had a total knee replacement. The leg extension machine hurts my knee at the knee cap. My physical therapists wouldn’tlisten to me. They are not my therapists anymore. I started doing what you show here and that works so much better. Thanks for posting this video!

@jackieburns5257

Ай бұрын

Even when I do partials, I still get a bit of pain/inflammation.

@sushiltc8729

13 күн бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@jackieburns5257

13 күн бұрын

I had a similar experience after knee surgery. Rehab had me doing extensions , but I was not able to wall without pai for days.

Thank you v much for the information

Very practical. Thanks

Thank You !! Very Helpful

Thank you for this. I hate lunges and always have! I’m starting to work out again now that my broken leg and ORIF (tibia and fibula above my ankle) are healed.

Thanks for your video, its very helpful!...I need to do it right next time when goes to gym to protects my knee. 😊

I’m learning British accent while I’m watching your videos. Your videos are really helpful , especially today’s video. I’ve been doing all these harmful exercises . Good grief !!!! Thanks a lot!!!

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Pleased my video came at the right time! And I'm pleased they've been helpful for you :)

I am glad that I watched this video. Now I know what no to do to protect my knee. I go to the gym a lot and do my workout and sometimes I hurt my knee and have no idea what caused it. Thanks for these warning..

Great information! Thank you!

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you very much, what a great video.

Ugh im still in my 30s...and my right knee have been sore for no reason. No wonder because i love doing lunges and leg extension in my leg days at gym....

Hi there will! Love all your videos I watch them very informative and and what I love you do the demonstration to show each and everyone what to do and what work for your problem you got that what interesting to me thanks you so much keep doing what you do to help all!

Well! How useful was this video. Two of the three exercises shown lve been doing. No wonder l'm getting more pain. I've ditched the rolled up towel under the knee and have done the alternative. Oooooh much better. 👍

Excellent demo

Good video n suggestions. Thanks 😊

You're my favorite KZread channel...Thanks!

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that!

@pbghosh5305

Ай бұрын

Now I understand how novice are most of the trainers in gym. Reverse lunge is the one to be most beneficial.

This is really helpful. I don’t have problems with my knees but I am carrying a bit of weight and I am trying to do as much as I can to NOT have those problems in the future. (I know losing weight is a major factor to stop it happening.)

Thanks a lot. Very helpful indeed 👍I’m in my sixties with beginning arthritis in my knees but am keeping it at distance through helpful exercises - your channel is gold for a person like me 👍🙏😊

@Sam-hc8ch

Ай бұрын

Absolutely 👌 From 🇬🇧

@Sam-hc8ch

Ай бұрын

Dear Will, Many thanks for explaining it so clearly👌 I subscribed quite a while ago after watching the first video🤗 From 🇬🇧

Thank you Will. I have been wondering what exercises to do that are less stressful for my knees.

I'm enjoying the knee videos.. thank you.😊 I was disappointed when i couldn't get your book in audible

Yep. I needed this.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Pleased my video came at the right time!

Great advice, especially for guys like me, who grew up doing these exercises, and now a lot older, we get a lot pain. Honestly over used joints. Thank you.

CONFIRMED! I got a Tibialis bar a month ago and my knees were KILLING me. Contrary, to what I'd been told, the Tib Bar did NOT make the pain subside. I had to stop using the Tib bar. You've just explained why - - caused patella and torn meniscus injury to worsen. I appreciate the verification. Subscribed!

Thanks Will. This is excellent.

Hi i find this a very helpful video and well explained too. Doc says i have a small piece of cartilage which broke loose and is causing inflammation and also knee pain. But i am an avid gym enthusiast so now i can change my regime and avoid further knee damage. ❤❤ thanks

Love your instruction.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Very pleased to hear that!

Again great tips. I noticed myself after doing certain exercises that my knees were sore afterwards and those were the exactly ones 😉 I will do the alternate ones Will suggests. Thanks 🙏

Thanks. Very useful

Great tips, keep up the good work thanks.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

Thanksfor your information

Very useful video Thank you God bless you

Excellent, thanks

Tremendous advice these !! I feel it will do me a world of good in protecting my knees from further damage, which by the way, are a bit degenerative now.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

I hope it proves beneficial for you!

Extremely important to know which exercises could aggravate knee joint pains before one goes about doing or knowing the right ones. Thanks , sir. 🎉

Great video, thank you! 👍🏻

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

I recently started a bands workout and the trainer has us doing lunges. My knees really don’t like it (was told I will def need both knees replaced). Thanks for the alternatives!

Another superb video. I am learning so much useful information.The book is great too.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm so pleased you found my video useful - thank you for purchasing my book as well, I'm so pleased you're enjoying it :)

Very useful video Can u pl guide regarding spot walking as a warm up ....whether good for knee health

U help me a lot ❤ i have problem with lunges but you solve thanks a lot ❤

Love the emphasis on knees! I looking forward to reading your book!

Thank you for this video. I did forward lunges sometime back & I am suffering from knee pain now. In future, when I get better, I'll try reverse lunges, as suggested by you. Hopefully, it won't give me knee pain.

Good lessons pointing out common mistakes and how to correct them. Plz.do for different parts

Very good info

Thanks

Thank you so much, I've learned so much from your videos! Watching from Manila

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help! Great to hear you've learnt a lot from my videos - thank you for watching :)

I presented to my physio in March 2023 with what I thought was medial.meniscus pain in my right knee. He suggested it was likely fraying caused by osteoarthritis. He gave me some exercises that included leg extensions (what you young people call knee extensions). He suggested if I do the exercises and reduce my running load a little it should resolve within a few weeks or months. By June it was still bothering me (I was visiting the physio every few weeks), so I saw a sports doctor who ordered an MRI scan. This apparently showed some arthritis, some fraying or degeneration of the medial meniscus, an older partial tear of the ACL and some inflammation of the MCL. He advised me to continue to do the exercises from the physio. The knee pain, while fairly mild at first, slowly progressed to the point where the sports doctor recommended PRP injections at the end of the XC season, in late September (I actually won my club championship, so it wasn't very sore, until August). The PRP injections seemed to work initially, but once I returned to training, the pain returned. Then in November it became more severe. At that point I spoke to the physio and the senior sports doctor about it, but they both suggested another MRI scan would show nothing different, so just continue with the exercises. By Mid-December, I had to stop all running and even walking on the treadmill in the gym to warm up and cool down for my leg sessions was impossible. But still the advice was the same. Eventually I saw a different physio, my preferred one, but he is just so difficult to get into see, and he advised me to get a referral to see a local Orthopedic Surgeon, who ordered several xrays and another MRI. He has confirmed several things, first I do not have arthritis, second the original MRI showed deterioration in the meniscus and third there is a complex tear that wasn't in the original scan. I have a horizontal tear through the posterior horn and a partial radial tear through the body. He suggested arthroscopic surgery to clean it out. What really stands out for me is that the leg/knee extensions always made it sore, and may even have made the tears worse. I haven done any leg workouts for 2 or 3 weeks, because the meniscus pain is so bad after them. I haven't been able to decend stairs for 5 or 6 weeks, although this has finally changed this week, after ceasing the leg extensions several weeks ago. I'm likely to get the cleanout, but it hasn't been arranged yet. Thanks for the video.

Good video and I did wrong in past. Thank you for good information.

Thank you.

Great alternative exercises to protect the knee thank you!💪

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

Great advice 👍

Great video

Informative and immediately useful. I shall avoid 'locked knees' exercises and those with forward momentum (Lunge, Pre-Workout Knee Bend), as I noticed they both cause pain in the knee cap front (patella), which lasts for days!

thanks for showing reverse lunge, I'll have to give them a try

Just accidentally find your video today and love this kind of information and subscribe your channel now. Thanks a lot 👍

@HT-Physio

Ай бұрын

I'm pleased you came across my channel, thank you for subscribing!

Thank you! so glad this video popped up. Liked and subscribed! God bless you.

@HT-Physio

Ай бұрын

Thank you for subscribing - I'm pleased you found my video helpful!

Thank you Sir ❤

Thank you for the great tips!

@HT-Physio

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thank you! This video is quite informative!

@HT-Physio

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I'm 62 with slight knee problems (meniscus tear). Is it ok for me to walk? I'm currently walking minimum 40 minutes a day

I'm in my late 30's, and I recently started going to the gym to get fit and lose weight. I could not figure out why I was feeling knee pain going up and down stairs following leg day at the gym. Thanks to your video, I now know the problem is the leg extension machine. I'm female, 4'11", so my short size probably added to the problem. I already quit doing squats and forward lunges a while ago, because those exercises caused really bad knee pain for me in the days following the exercises. Otherwise, I have zero knee pain. Running, walking, etc,., no problem. Just squats, forward lunges, and, as I know now, gym machines have been causing knee pain. So, going forward, I will skip all the leg machines at the gym just to be safe. For leg day, I'll use loop bands instead. So glad I found your video, because it no doubt prevented future knee problems for me. I don't think this video isn't just for the 50+ plus crowd, it's for anyone who regularly works out and has been experiencing knee pain.

Appreciate your expertise & thankful for your approach as we all deal with aging body joints. We need a trustworthy source to help guide us without further injury & pain. Keep up the excellent help. ; )

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

I'm pleased I have the platform on which to share my work! Thank you for watching, wishing you all the best :)

Thanks I have torn ligament in my knee . My therapist told me to do knee press and leg extension exercises to build thigh muscles.

I was doing exercise 1 occasionally and will now stop thanks, I've already stopped doing exercise 2 so I'm glad to learn I made the right decision there 👍🏻 I do do forward lunges but only in the swimming pool so I'm hoping that's ok 🤞🏻 Thanks for making these helpful videos 👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you, I was doing one of these exercises and will change what I do.

@HT-Physio

2 ай бұрын

Pleased my video came at the right time :)