A trainer helps a client fix knee pain during squats by activating the glutes through a hip thrust with a pad squeeze. The glute engagement reduces stress on the knees and improves the movement pattern right away.
Right where my finger is. There. Slowly, slowly, slowly.
I'm low-key embarrassed right now because I'm squatting body weight and my knee's like, I do not like this.
We're moving to that hip thrust to activate his glutes, and now I'm going to see how it affects his pattern and if the pain goes away. I want you to squish the pad with your thighs. Yep. And then extend. That's what you want to do when you train. You want to make sure you create internal stability so you can perform with maximum effort. There you go.
Cool. That felt good. I felt it in my ass. Yeah, I think we're on the right track. We started off, but I wasn't able to do anything because of my knee, and now we're making some progress and moving forward. We're rehabbing this problem that I've been rehabbing for quite some time.
