Our Bones Tell The Story | The Screw-Home Mechanism

In order to fully understand and resolve our knee symptoms, we need to consider rotational stability as well as take into account how things are functioning above and below at the hip and foot. Once we have this information, then it’s possible to integrate and couple movements at the foot, knee and hip which optimises your potential. If you’re unable to fully straighten your legs then your quadriceps are always activated and this means that your body has to rely on muscles and ligaments for support and stability, leading to over-work, pain and increased risk of injury.

Anatomy in MotionFrances HutchensApril 8, 2020Our bones tell the story, bones, joints, knee, extension, screw-home mechanism Comment

Here Be Dragons! The Myth Of Knees-Over-Toes

In order to understand what is ‘right’ or ‘correct’ movement, the best place to start would be to look at the joints themselves. The surface of the joint tells us how it is designed to move and which planes of movement it is able to access.