Knee pain is something that we hear about quite often. It's pretty difficult to go through your everyday life, much less CrossFit, when bending at one of your major joints is painful! This is something you need to address! Your body isn't supposed to move painfully! Here are some videos from Mobility WOD's Kelly Starrett that address one potential cause of knee pain: missing range of motion. Did you know that everyone should be able to hyperextend their knees just a little bit? The first video is a test, and the second is one avenue for treatment.

You need full terminal knee extension. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1bRdYec About MobilityWOD: MobilityWOD is the ultimate guide to resolving pain, preventing injury, and optimizing athletic performance. Humans have been evolving for 2.5 million years and the human body is extraordinarily engineered. While people are born with this incredible machine, they aren't born with the right software to run that machine.

Fixing Terminal Knee Extension. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1bRdYec About MobilityWOD: MobilityWOD is the ultimate guide to resolving pain, preventing injury, and optimizing athletic performance. Humans have been evolving for 2.5 million years and the human body is extraordinarily engineered. While people are born with this incredible machine, they aren't born with the right software to run that machine.

Partner "Kevin"
3 rounds:
32 deadlift (185/135#)
32 hanging hip touches
800m run with medball (14#)
only one person works at a time on the first two movements

Saturday 8.30.14