In this episode, Gymnazo Founder, CEO and Movement Practitioner, Michael Hughes, sits down with Coach and Movement Practitioner, CJ Kobliska, and Movement Coach, Mitch Schroth, to discuss how to address clients’ knee pain.

In this episode, they cover what they do/say when a client says they “have bad knees,” how to shift the conversation to let the client know it’s not the knee, the importance of subjective feedback and the 1-3 scale, the typical motions/experiences that have clients saying “this hurts me,” other common knee discomforts to be aware of, and more!

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1:51 What they do/say when a client says they “have bad knees”

6:36 The common knee problem for truck driver

7:36 How to shift the conversation to let the client know it’s not the knee

16:51 How to really identify the discomfort and pain

19:51 The importance of subjective feedback, and the 1-3 scale

20:41 One thing we know about pain that seems contradictory

22:01The typical motions or experiences that have clients saying “this hurts me”

27:51 Other times knee pain pops up that you may not suspect

30:21 When watching someone’s movement and they are experiencing knee pain, what to look for and how to tweak 

38:31 A tweak for when someone is experiencing right knee pain on a left and right lateral shuffle

46:51 Other common knee discomforts to be aware of

50:31 Where we can find some success with knee pain

52:51 10 Observational Essentials

53:41 Apply for MDMC

54:31 When Micahel’s client showed up with knee pain and he had to quickly tweak his program

1:00:51 How to communicate with a client that you notice has some knee pain

1:05:11 The power is in that drip education