30/01/2026
Around 2018, my knee went from “slightly annoying” to non-functional.
Training became a negotiation between the intensity and the stiffness, heating and pain that would appear afterwards.
At first, movement helped.
Foam rolling the quads.
Then a lacrosse ball on the piriformis.
Then the sole of the foot.
Then knee rotations.
Then glute activation.
Then proprioception.
Then hip airplanes. Speciality of
Every new drill felt like the missing piece.
Yet the knee kept getting worse.
Before leg day, my “warm-up” lasted 45 minutes — just to tolerate training.
Then by pure accident, I grabbed my ACL scar.
15 minutes of scar work created lasting relief.
Training is powerful. It can do things to the body that manual treatment cannot.
But it’s not the answer to everything.
In some cases, manual treatment doesn’t complement rehab — it outperforms it.