August 2020: Your Knees

Our knees take the load of half a ton of weight when we jump.  Did you know that this amazingly complex part of the body is actually made up of three joints? They attach the knee cap to the thigh bone and the thigh bone ends to the shin bone. These hinge joints allow the knee to extend and bend plus a small amount of rotation. To avoid knee problems, try to maintain a healthy weight and strengthen the muscles that support the knee. Keep active and if you run (or engage in other high impact exercise) try to alternate every other day with low impact exercise such as swimming, cycling or Pilates. 

There are six different knee points plus a minimum of four additional related nerve points that a trained Reflexologist can use to support healthy knees! Some of them are shown here drawn onto my leg and foot during a Touchpoint Reflexology Course that I took in July. 

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