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Straddle moves difficult
Are there any anatomy experts or physical therapists in the house? I have been poling for (close) to 2 years and while my flexibility has improved a ton, I still have issues with my knees while straightening my legs.
Examples: This could be when I'm on my back and tried to make an "L" shape with my body (so legs straight up). If I did chopper, it's very slow for me to get my leg extended fully. It's like it's on a pully…it does not just straighten immediately, it takes a few seconds to slowly and fully extend.
There is no pain, but it is not easy to extend and it doesn't feel natural. It can become uncomfortable to hold a straight leg, but no direct pain. I feel like it's related to my knees as they make "rice crispy" noises as my leg fully extends. It's like the ligaments aren't lose enough or aligned correctly, so have to do it slowly to get there.
Any advice?
My body isn't flexible but poling has helped a ton. For the first year, the idea of pulling my legs to my chest (even if laying on the ground) was impossible. Then one day "something" released in my lower back and I can touch toes and pull knees to chest. Now I feel like I'm dealing with weird body issue #2, my knees and whatever else is outta whack. Just feeling frustrated, it's starting to affect what I can do comfortably with where I'm at and everyone straddles their legs like it's the easiest thing ever.
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Getting legs really straight actually requires actively ingaging the muscles, and if you’re not well trained it is hard to keep them this way for long. Unlike what it seems, you need to work hard for your knees not to be slightly bent, so I suppose that’s why you experience this delay in straightening your legs – you feel like you already there while your muscles are still ‘neutral’ and only then you engage them and get the true straight legs. It happens to me all the time, but I think it’s more like a habit that with practice (and conditioning) can be eliminated.
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