08/12/2019
🔵QUADRICEPS🔵
Skateboarding, one of the newest Olympic sports debuting in Tokyo 2020. Your quadriceps are worked heavily with skateboarding, as they are with many other sports. The quadriceps include a group of four muscles that form the front of your thighs. These muscles extend your knee, and flex your hip joint. Skateboarding moves such as an 'ollie'(jump) involve knee extension and hip flexion. Skaters accelerate upward by explosively straightening the legs, which extends the knees. The hips flex shortly after impact on the landing phase of the jump.
Recently I worked on pro skateboarder Joe Hill whilst he was over for the Irish Skateboard Championships. Due to the physical demands of his sport Joe's quadriceps were and are often extremely tight and this can cause considerable discomfort and limit range of motion. Sports and deep tissue massage, along with PNF stretching (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) will significantly reduce muscle tightness in this area, ease discomfort and increase range of motion and promote recovery.