Good physio/chiropractor or Dr in Christchurch?

[quadrant6]

Anyone know somebody good to deal with on injuries and general advice, with some knowledge of weightlifting

I've seen a few physios and advice ranges hugely! i.e. told to squat differently because of fcked up knees.

I mean someone that can not just help with injuries but offer advice on how to perform movements correctly for your specific bodytype and structure

[Flamer]

Sorry, not in Chch. Chiro's tend to all have different opinions - it's not a science like physio. Some of the Weightlifting/Powerlifting gyms might be the best place to start???

[mclovin]

best place to ask for help ..... your here already , you wanna know how 2 squat properly?

[quadrant6]

Ha. Well yeah, specifically deadlift and squat, properly for my body

Basically, I'm about 6'2 tall, long legs and I also have a slight hyper-mobility in some of my joints (really bad in wrists). Knees have always been dodgy, sometimes slight pain sometimes just a loud cracking when I bend them.

When I first tried to squat I tried both back and front methods. I felt better with front squat because it let me keep my body upright so I've been doing that probably for about 6 months at least.

I used a wide-ish stance (outside shoulder) with toes flared out just a bit. I move quite slow and controlled. I go just below parallel.

Recently the day after some heavy squats and dumbell deadlifts I noticed a sharp deep pain around my right knee cap when bending down.

The physio said it was something like compression behind the knee cap and strapped it. It's slowly getting better but I want to make damn sure I'm using the right form from here on out.

The physio said I should have my feet hip width apart and pointed straight forward. This is in direct opposition to what most online resources say about stance for tall, lanky people (wide stance with feet slightly flared out). Physio said I shouldn't go as low and it will just take getting used too!

I've now tried the hip width stance and it seems to hit the lower back more than anything else, quads don't really get a chance to be worked. At the same time, I'm worried that my previous method may have caused the knee problem. After all, It's written that the wider the stance, the more shearing force on the knee.

Of course it could have been caused by something else, I was probably pushing my knees past my toes, which I'm now more aware of. I've switched from dumbell deadlifts to barbell as this means my knees to need to drop as low/far foward to reach the bar

[quadrant6]

Also, hip width stance just feels unatural, you can just imagine how far you have to try and sit back when your femurs are really long! and the pressure this creates on your back.

[Pseudonym]

Have you seen this article?

http://www.exrx.net/Kinesiology/Squats.html

Also, if you've got excessive pressure on your back, you could try putting a little block (eg, a plank of wood, or a plate) under your heels. If the problem is caused by inflexibility, and the resulting position of balance, you might find raising the heels helps with a more upright posture, with less pressure on the back.

[quadrant6]

No thanks for that. It also lead me to find this in another article:

Narrow stance caused greater forward knee movement and hence greater plantar flexion at the ankle as the shank inclined (6). ....... The increased forward knee movement also increases knee shear force due to more acute angle formed by thigh and shank (6).

http://www.drsquat.com/articles/squatcourse.html