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What is up, everyone? Thank you so much for checking out today's show. This is episode 16 of the Squat

University podcast. The goal with each and every one of

these shows is to bring you as much value-packed content to help you move better in the gym and in

life, decrease your bodies, aches, and pains, and help you reach your true athletic potential.

Now, if you guys did not listen to last week's episode, episode 15, stop what you're doing right now.

Go back and listen to that we talked

about the concept of the joint by joint approach to understanding the body just to quickly

rehash this concept it basically allows us to break down the body and assign labels to each

joint complex based on the primary needs associated with that area in order for good

looking movement to occur. So the foot needs to be stable, the ankle needs to be mobile,

the knee needs to be stable, the hip needs to be mobile, and so on and so on all the way up

the rest of the body. What we did last week was talk a lot about the concepts of the joint by joint approach.

Today what we're going to do is have a lot more practical application.

So I want to go over how you would apply this approach to fixing problems that we see so often

in the weight room with being a weightlifter, a powerlifter, or a crossfitter.

So let's jump into a practical application story.

So recently I was working with a CrossFit athlete who was complaining of knee pain.

Now, one of the most common injuries in any of those sports I just mentioned is knee pain.

Now, she could not run without pain.

She could not jump rope. She couldn't do her double under. She could not squat with a barbell

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