Daily Meditation: Everything in life is pointing us back to our true nature.
When I injured my knee my physical therapist recommended several modifications of the bridge pose to help strengthen my hip flexors and core. Since a relatively successful recovery I've been posting several of those poses in the hopes that they might help other runners recover from hip, knee, or lower leg injuries. So often I think we focus on the injury itself, and not on treating the body holistically. When I injured my knee I was surprised that most of my physical therapy exercises focused on the hips. Although hip strength and flexibility is very important for both men and women, women have a special potential to benefit since we are "blessed," (or got the short end of the stick evolutionarily) with wider hips then men. See below for a video demonstration of bridge pose lifts. I highly recommend bridge lifts with a raised leg as well, since these will target quadriceps and hamstrings in addition to hips and core.
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