thank you so much for your advice - I'll do half squats for awhile.
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Posted by Mimi on October 27, 19100 at 11:45:46:
In Reply to: Wall Squats and Knee pain posted by Ginny W. on October 27, 19100 at 05:55:36:
: : : Hi,
: : : I have a question. Sometimes I get sharp pains in my knees so bad I have to limp. I haven't had it for quite a while, but since I've been doing wall squats, it's come back. Mostly on the inside of my right knee. I don't know whether I should keep doing the wall squats and trust that the chi will heal my knees in the process, or stop because when I stop for a few days the pain goes away. I don't want to disable myself. I wonder if everything else I do with chilel is enough to attain good health, without doing the wall squats. What do you all think? Thank you so much for all the help and support I've received in the past. Mimi
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: : Mimi: From the sounds of it I am guessing that you are using your legs too much in the wall squats. When you come up, the sensation is lioke being pulled up by a single strand of gold thread attached to your mingmem are and one attached to your bauiway(spelling wrong). If you are using your legs too much you get a very harsh burning sensation in the thighs AND lots of pain. The pains are usually in the thighs and knees and lower back, and yes, can cause you to limp for quite a while. Healing without wall squats is not only possible it happens. I do not like wall squats either and when I do them I only go down to the point where my form will braek if I go any further( a little over half way). This still opens the back very nicely. Not as good as all the way down but it still works. Review Greg's advise on wall squats if you have them and re-learn the entire process. Remember we are all still students and students must learn things.
: : With much healing chi
: : Larry
: Aloha Mimi.
: It is Chi Worm Woman again...check the position of your feet and legs..feet together? Legs together? If legs open and come apart alot I got pain inside my knee too. If this form is correct however, it could be the breast-stomach meridian. I had (HAD) breast cancer and when I started my 100 days of Wall Squats I had to stop 3 weeks before finishing because of a sharp pain in the inner side of my left knee.No matter what I did,the pain stayed..so sharp I could not go down. So I stopped for 3 weeks and continued my practice with the other forms.(Use your good intuitive or gut sense on this).Then I started again..and I could do 100 Wall Squats right away! Up to then the most I could do was 30.
: Also check to make SURE your knees are not passing beyond your toes. That can really hurt the knees. To start with Half Squats is a good idea..it opens the Mingmen which is most important. Go gradually..baby steps..listen to your body anduse common sense.Chi is always at work! Hao-La! Ginny W.
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