Yoga for Knee Injuries: 9 Poses to Support Your Recovery

 
 

7. Crescent Lunge

Crescent Lunge is a pose it’s possible you’ll need to save till you’re a little farther down the street in your knee harm restoration.

This posture helps help the knee by constructing power within the interior thighs, quads and glutes, however can put added stress on the knee earlier than it’s prepared. Ease into this pose and solely go as far your knee can deal with.

Let’s strive it:

• Start in Mountain Pose together with your toes hip-distance aside, arms by your sides, and each toes going through ahead
• Take a step again together with your left leg, about three to 4 toes
• Maintain your proper knee in keeping with your proper ankle, monitoring your knee towards your pinky toe
• If that is too intense, don’t bend your knee as a lot and/or use a wall or chair for help
• Raise your again heel off the bottom and are available excessive in your left toes
• Place your fingers in your hips and use them to information your hips so they’re each going through ahead in a single straight line
• Activate the muscular tissues in your again leg to get your leg as straight as you may
• Convey your fingers to your coronary heart middle, or elevate your arms up towards the sky
• Soften your shoulders and launch any stress it’s possible you’ll be holding in your face or higher physique
• Breathe seven lengthy, gradual, deep breaths
• To come back out, push off of your again foot and are available again to Mountain Pose
• Repeat two to a few occasions on each side

 

8. Tree Pose (Vrksasana)

Tree Pose is a superb pose to construct power in your complete decrease physique – ankles, calves, quads and hips, which makes it excellent for knee harm restoration.

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