{"id":1203,"date":"2026-10-29T01:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:56","slug":"knee-durability-chair-bend-test-then-progressive-quad-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"Knee Durability: Chair Bend Test, Then Progressive Quad Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Stop Knee Pain From Sidelining Your Game\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/msvHozu3zM0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Selkirk TV\u2019s PT lesson targets the most common pickleball complaint: knee pain (arthritis, meniscus irritation, patellofemoral pain, stiffness).<\/p>\n<p>Assess first: sit at the edge of a chair and slide the foot under to max comfortable bend; note stiffness. A pull-to-chest variation adds range if hips allow. Then progress into quad-strengthening work so the knee tolerates court demands \u2014 reassess the same bend test over time.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Assess knee flexion (chair slide \/ pull-to-chest) before loading<\/li>\n<li>Note stiffness \u2014 don\u2019t force past pain; track it<\/li>\n<li>Build quad durability after the ROM check<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do both-side chair bend assessment today; write what you feel<\/li>\n<li>Add the PT\u2019s quad progressions 3\u00d7 this week, then retest bend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tdd-newsletter\">\n<p><strong>Get the 5 best pickleball tips every week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com\/v3\/loader.js\" data-beehiiv-form=\"0e5f3fe0-e4d3-4036-8d7f-c33b311980b2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selkirk TV\u2019s PT lesson targets the most common pickleball complaint: knee pain (arthritis, meniscus irritation, patellofemoral pain, stiffness).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[88,1265,1266,1267,793],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","tag-injury-prevention","tag-knees","tag-mobility","tag-quad-strength","tag-selkirk"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/09-ready-position-closeup-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}