10-06-09, 05:41 PM | ||
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Bulletproof Knees
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As someone who ended up with an extremely painful shoulder injury, which still affects me 2½ years later, after following a program developed by three trainers (the second and third just followed the template developed by the first without question) I think I'm better off following Mike Robertson's advice. He rehabbed his own knee injury (skiing) which required surgery, then returned to powerlifting.
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10-06-09, 08:11 PM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kansas City
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The price tag for Bulletproof Knees sticker-shocked me too. However, I have to say, if I had knee pain and wasn't getting satisfaction otherwise, I'd absolutely consider it worth $100. I pretty much rehabbed my own shoulder using the 7-Minute Rotator Cuff Solution, which is now out of print and I guard my copy jealously because I consider it worth its weight in gold.
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10-06-09, 08:27 PM | ||
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Considering that an initial consultation with a physiotherapist costs about $85 and my woeful experiences with physiotherapists, I consider Bulletproof Knees a bargain. But I must add that, given my lower body issues, I already suspected that the slight knee pain I was feeling when I ordered Bulletproof Knees was due to muscle tightness and less-than-optimal hip and ankle mobility, and that turned out to be correct. If I suspected an actual injury, I would have seen a physiotherapist. Following the Bulletproof Knees program has done wonders for my lower body training.
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10-07-09, 09:11 AM | ||
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Alberta
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Course it doesn't hurt to try - as long as we respect what our bodies feed back to us. I know an awful lot of lifelong runners and athletes that simply can't, or don't, anymore due to repetitive/overuse injuries, knee replacement, hip replacement - and they definitely didn't get them from sitting on the couch. Interestingly - I was recently involved in a study on ultramarathoners about a month ago - as a research assistant, not a participant! and was amazed, and inspired. It's not a young person's sport. Most of the racers were boomer age, plenty were in their 50's and 60's.
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10-07-09, 09:59 AM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Brooklyn, New York
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10-07-09, 10:17 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Ville de neige
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For me the trick is to be in my body as it is - not go into denial or become cynical, just radically accept what exists - then look to make positive change. Self acceptance is the key to all positive change.
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