MODEL: YUKTHA RAJGOPAL
Your knee joints play a crucial role in the day-to-day activities. It is important to build up the knee joints to keep them healthy. Here is a simple technique that not only helps the knee but also the ankle and the hips. It also helps the anti-gravity muscles, which act to counterbalance the pull of gravity and maintain an upright posture.
METHOD
1. Keep a chair with its seat against a wall
2. Stand upright facing the wall, about one feet from the chair
3. Keep the feet about three inches apart, and parallel to each another
4. Hold the top rib of the chair with both the hands
5. Bend the knees, such that the angle at the knees is about 120 degrees
6. Stay for about 15 seconds
7. Further bend the knees, at a 90 degree angle
8. Stay for about 15 seconds
9. Bend the knees completely
10. Stay for about 15 seconds
11. Holding the chair straighten the knees at a 90 degree angle
12. Stay for about 15 seconds
13. Further straighten the knees at a 120 degree angle
14. Stay for about 15 seconds
15. Straighten the knees and stand upright
16. Repeat and relax