Knee's are a precious and precarious endeavor.  A hinge joint with some rotational capacity that transfers forces upward and downwards with each and every stride.  People often express an innate fear of either straightening or bending their knees too much.  As if staying in the middle is the safest bet.  Yet, over time, this lack of using the joint fully can severely limit it's range of motion and negatively impact daily functioning.  With the body, what you don't use, you tend to lose.  So if you never accessed the full capacity of knee mobility when you were younger, it becomes increasingly more difficult to stave off a stiffening of this joint over time.

We start standing with one foot on the floor the other knee on a bed. Using Yoga block behind the knee that is on the bed we try to bend the knee gently- without pain/strain.  If that is not enough sensation for you, you can use increasingly smaller and more dense objects to help both support and stimulate your knee.  

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!