Foam Rolling Quads For Knee Pain & Quad Pain

In this video, Maryke explains why foam rolling your quads sometimes helps for knee pain and other times not. She also explains when it's OK to foam roll your quads and what cases of quad pain is better left alone. Finally, she explains for how long and with what type of strokes to foam roll your quads and also demonstrates her favourite method.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:59 When to foam roll your quads for knee pain and when not to
00:02:38 When to foam roll your quads for quad pain and when not to
00:04:41 Why is it so painful to foam roll the quads?
00:05:31 How to foam roll your quads for best effect

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