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Mobility Exercises

A Simple Routine To Improve Knee Function

For decades, the most common orthopedic surgery performed in developed countries has been knee arthroscopy. This makes sense, as 1 in 4 people 50 and over can expect to experience one or more symptoms of degenerative knee disease. Read more

 

Shih Wing Ching On Becoming Boundless

A Simple Routine to Improve Balance and Ankle Mobility

To build upon the ankle plantar flexion stretch that I shared earlier, here is a short routine of 3 mobility exericses that I enjoy doing to improve ankle mobility:

Ankle Raises While on Balls of Feet:

Ankle raises are excellent for strengthening your calf muscles and Achilles tendon, and for warming up all of the soft tissues that surround your ankle joints. Ankle raises are also helpful for developing balance and proprioception. Read more

 

Skinny Love - Cover by Daniela Andrade

Songwriter Justin Vernon on the meaning of Skinny Love: Read more

 

Grown Up Christmas List - Jordan Smith

Ellen Page on Living Truthfully

"How are you going to feel creatively motivated when you feel like you're living in a way that's not true?"

- Ellen Page Read more

 

Christmas Time Is Here - Daniela Andrade

Javier Bardem on Success and Empathy

Cover of I Will Follow You Into the Dark, by Daniella Andrade

Lyrics by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie

Love of mine, someday you will die
But I'll be close behind and I'll follow you into the dark
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight, waiting for the hint of a spark Read more

 

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