B.3.7 What You Need to Know About Your Knees
January 2017 YTT Material • 14m
Covered in 3.7:
-The knee performs flexion and extension
-It does not like to rotate
-Many yoga poses ask for external rotation at the hip and flexion at the knee
-Pending students’ anatomy, the knee may find itself in a compromising position in which it’s attempting to externally rotate - even though this is not its function
-The knee is a sympathetic friend that will try to rotate, attempting to continue where the hip left off, but this can lead to long term knee damage and injury
-Poses examined:
-Janu Sirsasana
-Pigeon
-Lotus
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