. In January I noticed that it was harder to find trigger points in all my former
troubled areas, because I was no longer as loaded with them, and those that
used to be very sensitive were now far less sensitive. Maintenance trigger
point work for the right shoulder, for example, needed much less time than
did the initial daily work needed to fix the problem.. I was now starting to feel youthful like I remembered in years gone by, giv-
ing me relative freedom to move around without having to watch out for
this or that movement that used to bother me. I could now go down a stair-
case without my knees feeling rough and gritty. And I was able to carry my
daughters down a staircase without discomfort—something I had not been
able to do for nearly two years. It was a new lease on life.. For about eighteen months my knees would ache if I stood for more than
half an hour or so. But in January I noticed that my knees did not
bother me even if I stood for long periods.“Movie goer’s knee”
. Even from before the peak of the × deadlift cycle I had what is
coined as “movie goer’s knee,” a condition that makes keeping knees bent at
around a right angle very uncomfortable, hence making sitting in a cinema
difficult unless the legs can be kept out nearly straight in the aisle.. It was around January that I noticed I could hold my knees bent with-
out much discomfort. As the months passed, the ability to keep my knees
bent became less of a problem. e diagnosis of chondromalacia patellae
and the need to “take it easy” I was given in summer by the orthopedic
surgeon in Nicosia became increasingly suspect. is cast great doubt on the
doctor’s expertise and made me wonder how many people have been incor-Jacknobber and (bottom) backnobber tools, from Pressure Positive Co.