Pickleball is becoming a popular sport among people of all ages. Injuries from pickleball are increasing, and knee pain is common from the sport. The exercises & stretches in this video will help strengthen, relieve pain, and loosen up the muscles around the knee and the hip area.
Starting off with stretches to loosen everything up around the knee, a calf stretch, hamstring stretch, and quad stretch will help relieve pressure on the knee joint.
After stretching the muscles out, isometric exercises are a great way to start activating and strengthening the muscles, but not making movements that might increase the pain. Quad sets, hamstring sets, isometric hip abduction, and isometric hip adduction will help strengthen the main muscles around the knee and hip.
Knee pain can come from weakness and/or tightness in one of the muscles that cross the knee joint. These knee stretches & exercises may help provide knee pain relief.
An achy knee is often caused by tightness or weakness in the muscles around the knee. These knee stretches and exercises should help relieve the knee pain.
These knee strengthening exercises don't require using a lot of weights. If you have knee pain, consider using knee compression sleeves to help increase circulation and reduce swelling & pain.
A TENS / EMS Unit can be a great tool for helping to reduce and relieve knee pain. It can also help retrain weak or injured muscles. Here are a few wireless & wired pad placements to help relieve knee pain.
Varicose veins are caused by weak or damaged walls in the veins and valves. This is a common condition, but they can be painful. These stretches and exercises may help reduce them.
This standing stretching routine for seniors focuses on simple stretches that can help loosen up the muscles in the neck, shoulders, back, hips, and knees.
Sore legs are common when starting a new workout program or when exercising a little too hard, especially on leg day. These stretches can help relax sore and tight leg muscles & provide pain relief.
