Twist your torso while dropping your knee to as much extent as possible so that there is a right angle between your body and the rock face. Your feet will be pushing holds in opposite directions once you drop the knee and reach upward with lesser effort.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nBeware of drop knee injuries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
An aggressive rotation of the knee downward and inward while moving into drop knee places your knee in suboptimal positions that can stress your ligaments and cartilage. Torquing movement of the larger femur bone inward on the smaller tibia bone causes stress in the structures on the inside portion of the knee. Overuse of these specialized movements can be dangerous for the long term health of your lower limb joints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A torn ligaments up on the high wall could be painful to carry on with for the rest of the climb and could even prove disastrous if you lose balance and fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Focus on training effectively and strengthening the muscles protecting your knee so that you climb efficiently, safely, and without any damage to the valuable body of yours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So drop that knee on your next adventure and we hope the mountain succumbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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