How To Foam Roll Your Quads - Kinetic U Mobility Series

Foam Roller Exercises: Kinetic U Mobility Series - How To Foam Roll Your Quadriceps
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Instructor: Sean Masters
Kinetic Sports Rehab is a hybrid clinic - a cross between traditional physical therapy, chiropractic, and sports medicine. We have clinics in the Fremont, Green Lake and Interbay neighborhoods of Seattle, WA.
Transcription:
"Eight hundred and thirty-seven, whoa, my quads are on fire. Time to recover. Hey guys, welcome back to Kinetic U. Good thing you're here because I'm about to foam roll my quads. So with this one, what you're gonna do is grab your trusty foam roller, and what you're gonna do is set up in a plank position. Now, the real estate [SP] we're covering here is from an inch below the pelvis or the waistband of your pants, all the way down to about an inch above the knee. Now, setting up in a plank position, you're gonna try to get as much weight as you can into that roller, okay? You're gonna focus on one leg at a time and slowly roll all the way down...to an inch above the knee cap, and then back up. Just like that.
Now, if you find a particular tear [SP] spot, hang out on that spot. You can also be a little bit more aggressive with it by tacking down the tissue and flexing that knee. Try and get that knee as close to your glute as you can, keeping the core nice and strong. Now, what you wanna do is chase the tender areas here. If it's more sensitive or more kneaded on the outside, go there, just by opening up the hip, and rolling from the TFL, that front pocket muscle, all the way down to an inch above the outside of your knee. Same thing goes for the medial quad, roll, like, from an inch above the inside of the knee all the way up to the groin. It's a great way to cool down after a workout, it's a great way to get more elasticity in the quads, more flexibility, which helps increases hip extension and knee flexion. Have fun, be kinetic, see you next time."