Building my base back
I’m rebuilding my foundational base- meaning my stances and basic kicks. Other than the obvious things from the injury like having to stay off of it, and losing some strength; the main thing I feel I have lost is the springiness to the joint. I’m physio we’re working on strengthening the knee again. A lot of that is single leg movements to load it. There are some things the joint doesn’t like doing on its own yet, but the strength is improving. Along with strength is working on dynamic movements. This is to help get that springiness back to the joint. I am aware that part of this issue is mental and not all physical, though I also acknowledge that the tendons and ligaments are stretched, so they actually don’t have the same elasticity they did before. The movement we are utilizing is pretty simple. I’m at a squat rack sitting on a box with the bar and weight across my back and I’m sitting u...