How to relieve the pain in the popliteal muscle

Small popliteal muscle is on the back side of the knee joint and attaches to the outer side of the femur (top) and tibia (bottom). It helps to bend the leg at the knee, as if opening the knee joint. In addition, it prevents movement of the femur forward on the tibia while standing on the knee or the transfer of body weight on one bent knee.

Points of tension in this muscle occur in sports that require fast starts, stops and turns at the bent legs. People engaged in mountain skiing, hikers, tennis players, footballers, skaters and dancers fall into this category of risk is exactly the same as women who wear shoes with high heels. Point voltage and the popliteal muscle can develop in conjunction with the points of tension in the hamstring, but they can only be detected after relaxing the points of tension in the tendon.

A point of tension in the hamstring muscle and cause pain with the back side of the knee when you kneel down or run down the hill or stairs. You may not be able to straighten your knee without pain.

From hamstring muscle is quite difficult to work with because it lies on the back side of the knee joint below the upper ends of the two large calf muscles. Sit on a chair and place the bent leg on a footstool. Position your fingers on the back of the knee to feel the tendon.




Massage deeply between the thick muscle. Keep working with your fingers, even if they are tired. In this place there is too many fragile structures to use something more solid than fingers.



 

Stretching the hamstring muscles

Sit on a low chair, his foot on the floor, or sit on a regular chair, put her feet on the stand.

Bend your hip and knee angle of 15-20°.

Hold hand thigh (closer to the knee), so it does not move when you rotate the lower knee.

Hold this position for 15-20 seconds and repeat 2-3 times.

It will be hard to do, but the muscle will be stretched.published

Donna and Stephen Finando, from the book "Healing hands"

 

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