PERMANENTLY CURE CHRONIC KNEE PAIN BY BECOMING MORE ATHLETIC
Dear Fellow Athlete:
Take a look at the pictures below. They are random YouTubers doing standing vertical jumps. The guy on the left claims a 30" vertical jump. The guy on the right, 50". (Which is very high, so let's just say 40" to account for internet inflation.) Aside from the raw numbers, there's a difference between the two: I consider one a knee pain candidate, and the other a knee pain conqueror.
Below are more still shots from YouTube, but with NFL combine athletes (a little less random than, well, random YouTubers). Notice how all of their their body positions are more similar to the guy on the right half of the comparison above. It may seem like a coincidence, but it's not. In fact, it has everything to do with both chronic knee pain and athleticism.
Before we go on, let me introduce myself. My name is Anthony Mychal and I've struggled with just about every chronic knee injury possible -- tendonitis, jumper's knee (tendonosis), and patellar tracking problems. (Yes, that's me in the video below, with an odd case of tendonosis, mistracking, and crepitus.) I was told rest and painkillers were my only options, and that my knees would never be quite "right." But during your short stay here, make sure you -- at least -- remember two things: 1) traditional chronic knee rehabilitation doesn't work, and 2) what makes athleticism makes healthy knees.
The traditional concept of chronic knee pain is based on an arbitrary concept of one day being damaged and all-of-the-sudden being healed the next day. There's no transition. No regard for what caused the injury. No preventative measures. It's sad to say, but popular rehabilitation teaches long term failure and continual reinjury.
Chronic knee pain is a different animal, which is why just any old rehabilitation -- especially that commonly used for more serious internal injuries -- doesn't work. And for a long time I fell trap to popular methods. I did the vastus medialis thing. I did the more-hip-dominant-lifts thing. I did the terminal knee extensions and the peterson step ups. I did the leg extensions and hamstring curls. I did the icing and heating. Through it all, my knee got worse. Much worse. But that was only half of it. At the same time, I was becoming less athletic. As an avid athlete, being in more pain and being a worse athlete didn't sit well. Just like an eight year old with Santa Clause, I stopped believing in popular chronic knee pain rehabilitation.
After months of self and client experimentation, I realized that fixing chronic knee pain isn't that much different than reaching peak athletic potential because the answer is in movement. True chronic knee pain rehabilitation enhances athleticism. Just check out the pictures at the top of the page.
There's a good chance you move like a knee pain candidate now, severely limiting your athletic ability and risking (or already having) chronic knee pain. But start moving like a knee pain conqueror, and not only will you feel healthier but you'll be inching towards your peak athletic potential. Below is another still picture. Are you beginning to see the difference between candidates and conquerors?
If you have pain squatting, running, or jumping, you need to move more athletically. Knee health follows a neat algebraic equation: feet + hips = knees. It just so happens that athleticism's algebraic equation goes like this: feet + hips = athleticism. A dysfunctional knee is rarely a faulty knee, but rather a faulty hip or ankle. Kneecentric rehabilitation methods make the problem worse and kill athleticism. An Athlete's Guide to Chronic Knee Pain was written and programmed with this in mind. It's designed to reduce chronic knee pain, but has the pleasant after effect of constructing athletic movement from the ground up.
Here just some of the features and benefits that An Athlete's Guide to Chronic Knee Pain affords:
- It promotes lifelong change so that there is no regression in the rehabilitation
- It constructs athletic movement so that your knees not only get better but your foundation for athleticism is enhanced
- It includes a safe progression of exercises with little necessary equipment so you can do the training anywhere
- It cures chronic knee pain so you can run amok, jump around like a wildebeest, or squat like a maniac
- It relieves you of the mental anguish of being constantly down and out because of your chronic knee pain
An Athlete's Guide to Chronic Knee pain is two eBooks bundled together. The first one, Theories and Solutions for Patellar Tendonitis, Jumper's Knee, and Patellar Tracking Problems, discusses the overriding philosophy and lays the foundation with an eight week rehabilitation program that focuses on building endurance of select athletic musculature. When I first released An Athlete's Guide to Chronic Knee Pain, this was the only portion available and it sold for $33.
But then I wrote an entire second book, Increasing Strength and Explosiveness Through Barbell Exercises, Leaps, and Bounds, which teaches you how to use the newly developed endurance in strength, power, and explosive athletic movements, and is full of linked up videos to help you learn. And, yeah, I just kind of gave this away for free.
Combined, they form 180 pages of information, pictures, and videos and are sold together for $33.
$33
Absolute satisfaction. Period.
(P.S. You’ve spent more on video games.)
An Athlete's Guide to Chronic Knee Pain, Part I: Theories and Solutions for Patellar Tendonitis, Jumper's Knee, and Patellar Tracking Problems, and An Athlete's Guide to Chronic Knee Pain, Part II: Increasing Strength and Explosiveness Through Barbell Exercises, Leaps, and Bounds is an instantly downloaded eBook that is readable by Adobe or any other popular PDF reader. My retailer, ClickBank, guarantees a 60 day refund. But if you're not satisfied beyond that point, I'll handle the return "in-house." Bottom line: you're covered under a lifetime refund policy, so don't sweat it. If you have any questions related to the product, shoot me a personal e-mail at anthony.mychal@gmail.com.
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Check out these articles I've published on Chronic Knee Pain around the web:
Straightforward Knee Rehab on T-Nation
3 Unconventional Tips to Getting the Most Out of Your Knees on STACK
Yours in health,
WHAT ATHLETES ARE SAYING
RASMUS OTT, TRICKSTER
(picture provided by: Nanna Ward)
Me and Anthony did some video correspondence about my jumpers knee and he gave me a lot of good exercises and stretching techniques. He provided a great push forward to having no major problems and these days I’m back to tricking on my left knee with no big problems.
SIMON JACOBSSON, CLIENT
The orthopedist probably would have recommended another surgery. But without Anthony I would still be a lost little puppy just trying lots of things with half assed effort. Getting consultation from him (who I sincerely believe in and really look up to when it comes to this) really motivated me. Contacting him was the smartest thing I've done for my training!
ANTOINE VAILLANT, BODYBUILDER
Anthony is old school in the tricking community and has been helping guys over there for a long time. He's nearly as old as me and Jujimufu! He knows his stuff, and that's for sure.
JON CALL (JUJIMUFU), TRICKSTER
When I developed a knee tendinopathy by tricking, I spent the next two years googling for crumbs on anything I could find on the topic and experimenting with self therapy. Anytime I'd find something I'd wonder if it was really applicable to my own situation. Much later, I felt I had gathered something likening to puzzle pieces, and was able to put these together to see a puzzle image take form. While I can make out the image of knee problems more clearly today, Anthony's eBook is the finished puzzle with a clear image formed. I hate him for having finished this puzzle after I had suffered my own knee problems! But I will forgive him, because I learned some really neat, and new knee tips in this book I didn't know, and haven't seen elsewhere!
TIM THOMAS
Really enjoyed the book and it seemed like just right balance of the "science" side and the "practical" side to knee rehab.
JOSH BEATY
I played college hoops at a small college and never had any injuries until I turned 30. I started having knee tracking issues 3 years ago after I got an athletic pubalgia injury while playing flag football. That was a very painful injury to my groin area. After that "healed" (resumed activity to early) I started getting pretty serious knee pain while playing basketball due to compensating from the hip injury. I had lost control of my hip and my knee was making up the difference. I also have a very significant anterior pelvic tilt which contributed to both injuries I'm sure.
Anyway, because of your info I am able to play basketball again pain-free and my knee has drastically improved. This knee tracking pain had been nagging me for over a year and it was very frustrating. I am not quite 100% yet in terms of strength and confidence but will get there. My goal is to completely eliminate discomfort and doubt in the knee and eventually dunk a basketball again.
Thanks so much. I have bought a lot of fitness and nutrition crap and your stuff is legit and truly improved my life.
PARK FIREBAUGH
I tweeted that I loved your book before I had even finished it. Today, I viewed all the videos, completed it and I am stunned at how comprehensive and exhaustive this is. I can't believe the knowledge you have at your age. You have covered every angle there is and intercepted all manner of backsliding and "executive decision" modifications that many will try to make. I would think it would have taken many years of observing personal sabotage to acquire this foresight. Don't take this the wrong way, but I remember looking at your photo on T Nation and thinking, "What the fuck, he's just a kid" However, it's obvious from the methodical thought process and well crafted writing that you are wise beyond your years.
JAHED MOMAND
I just finished your book. I was having patellar tendon pain EVERY TIME I stood up from a chair. I'm now extending the hips similar to the way you described in your RDL chapter, and the pain has disappeared. I'm already impressed. Now to translate this to Olympic weightlifting...
VAUGHAN CARDER
Just wanted to say the Athletes guide to chronic knee pain is an AWESOME resource & a must for anyone with legs! Can't wait to implement this stuff to my own rehab of some banged up legs! (See full write up here.)
RORY O'KEEFFE
I have to begin this testimonial with a caveat - I didn't finish all the phases. Did I program hop baby seals to death? Not quite. I ended up breaking my ankle in an American football match a couple of days after finishing phase two. However, I feel that my results qualify me to give this endorsement.
It's not a "sexy" program. You will get bored, and you will question what you're doing. There will be moments where you are lying facedown on the floor and realise you've lost count of the number of prone glutes you've done, and times when holding a stretch for two minutes will be so awful you don't know how you'll repeat it on your other side without your entire body exploding, but persevere.
In just over a month, my burgeoning knee pain entirely disappeared, going from a situation where I would have days of dull aching punctuated by sharp pain during squatting movements to the point where my knee wouldn't even bother me when dropping into a full squat without a warm-up. That's remarkable progress for a month's work.
There were several happy side effects, too. The relatively hardcore hip stretching and SMR techniques improved my pelvic tilt; I learned how to walk properly (no joke); and I actually learned what a pump in my glutes feels like. I got stronger - in a way that wasn't related to the strength or size of my muscles, but to the way I used them - and more athletic, bringing that confidence into the game I had my injury in. Without a doubt it was my best performance of the season, forcing a fumble and making an end zone interception. My hits had more power, I was breaking on the ball faster. I hadn't gone near a traditional lower body strength exercise in a month.
I came to think of this program like a concentrated training block - not with strength, power or hypertrophy as the goal, but prioritizing improvement of movement quality and body awareness.
Stick with it, even when it gets hard. You'll alleviate your knee pain, and you just might turn around after eight weeks (or four!) and realize you've become a better athlete.
PHIL ISABELLA, BASEBALL PLAYER
After working with Anthony, I was astounded. I'm not going to lie, I've been a friend of his for a while so I can see why people might think I'm biased. But when he says the problem is everywhere but the knee, he means it. He was nice enough to work with me (we play on the same softball team) after I was struggling with some chronic knee issues.
My collegiate baseball career ended with a case of bursitis and tendonitis in my elbow. I've spent countless hours in doctor's and physical therapist's offices waiting for treatment. I got the cortisone shots. I didn't want to go through that again. Anthony stepped up and was nice enough to work with me. He knows what he's talking about. The price of this book is worth the extra free time you’ll have. Trust me, there’s no filler.
JEFF KRZNARIC, ULTIMATE FRISBEE PLAYER
I see a lot of guys that have to strap on five different braces to play Ultimate. I just smile because ever since I learned how to use my hips the way Anthony teaches, I haven’t used a brace.
My first inclination is to tell you that if you have any sort of chronic knee pain, this book is an absolute must. Just his theories alone are worth the price of the book. To make it even better he includes a complete eight week daily “detox” program that will get everyone moving the way they should.
GOT QUESTIONS? I GOT ANSWERS.
Q: Is this program for a beginner?
A: Yes, it can be used by someone that has no formal training. I will say that a background in barbell training is useful to pick up on the terminology, but it’s not life or death requirement.
Q: Is there an age requirement?
A: No, absolutely NONE. All exercises begin at bodyweight and are progressed in a sequence. There is NO heavy loading in the initial program, and the second book (that has heavy loading) is optional. The book, however, is written for athletes -- so keep that in mind.
Q: How long is the program?
A: It lasts forever. Don’t think I’m kidding. The initial rehabilitation program is eight weeks long, but the principles you learn will carry with you for the rest of your life. This is one of the reasons behind the effectiveness of the program. The second half of the rehabilitation (strength part) takes places after.
Q: How often are the workouts?
A: Every day. Or five days per week. We’re reprogramming the body. It takes time and frequency. If you can’t handle this, then this product isn’t for you. I’ll say it again, if you’re not willing to put in the work, this system will not work for you.
Q: How long do the workouts take?
A: They shouldn’t take more than an hour and can be done in the convenience of your own home. The only equipment needed is an exercise band during the first eight weeks. After, a sequence of progressions is used with a barbell and those workouts will take longer. It's the nature of the beast.
Q: Does this come in the mail?
A: Nope. Once your payment is received, an electronic copy of the book is sent to your e-mail address.
Q: Can I still do lower body exercises while on the program?
A: Sadly, no. Squatting and deadlifting will have to take a back seat for the duration of this program because we’re reprogramming the body. How can you expect to heal yourself if you continue to expose yourself to your pain producing movements? The movements will be reintroduced gradually and sequentially.
Q: What separates you from everyone else?
A: I use a unique approach that focuses on every joint in the lower body, except the knee. I fully believe that the knee pain is a victim, not a culprit.
Q: What if the program doesn’t work for me?
A: Consider it free. I’m willing to put my reputation on the line. You pay for quality work, and if it isn’t up to your standards you’ll get a full refund. ClickBank handles all returns within 60 days of purchase. After that, I'll handle returns "in-house."
If you have any questions about An Athlete's Guide to Chronic Knee Pain, or any questions to ask Anthony Mychal, please send an e-mail to (anthony.mychal at gmail.com).
Note: An Athlete’s Guide to Knee Pain is a downloadable eBook. There are no physical products of shipping involved. After the order is placed, you get instant access to the downloadable products. The format is the traditional adobe acrobat PDF which is compatible with most computers.
Double Note: The FTC makes us say what “typical results” will be seen on the program. Typical results will depend on the user. Since this program calls for daily workouts and principles that need to be implemented everyday for the rest of the users life, and users can barely remember to brush their teeth at night, the typical results will be an astonishing nada. Use the resources given to you to your advantage on this and get to work, and learn how to use your hips to save your knees.
Triple Note: This product is sold through Clickbank, which only guarantees the products processed for 60-Days. Since I’m such a good guy, and I believe in what I’m selling, any return beyond 60-Days will be handled by my own hands.