How a knee injury made me stronger in slacklining

[@magenta_leigh]

This is SO helpful! I tore my medial meniscus through doing an incorrect version of the sit start. This video gives me so much hope!

[@smilinglongevity.coachingc6687]

Thank you very much Jonas, your two videos on mobility are fabulous and have given me the key to evolve. Thank you very much.

[@JonasKonijnenberg]

thank you, so nice to read!

[@emiliocalise4699]

Great happy for you

[@JonasKonijnenberg]

thank you

[@dustinlindblad7904]

Great video man! Thank you so much for sharing your journey in such a friendly and approachable way. I hurt my left meniscus about 2.5 years ago with a double knee drop before I was properly warmed up. Looking back now, I also believe that at the time although I have pretty decent flexibility I did not have the proper strength to help support my core and sank into it too hard in the cold temp. Anyways! mostly recovered now on that front but definitely learned a lesson and always on the lookout for safe training which led me here;-). I have not highlined yet, my practice is still on park lines, but I have made attempts on a couple long lines so I have a very tiny window into the amount of pressure on the body/knees on those. Love your conversation on movement/mobility exercises on the floor 💜🧡💚. Incredibly useful and smart. Another thing that I have brought into my own practice- maybe you do it too-- is that on the line I do negatives of each mount in addition to the "positive". For example I do drills where I sit/start stand tall on one side, stand still for a couple breaths, and then reverse the move back to sitting down again. The sequence would be 5 sit/starts on one side each up/down, and then 5 sit/starts/back down on the other. So each move consists of sitting up to stand, followed with the "negative" or coming back down to the seated position on the line. I found this really helped my body understand the move on a whole other level coming back down. The differentiation of movement you mentioned is also totally on point and I think has helped me tremendously to really become more aware of transitioning up/down in different planes of space. 💥✅💥 Often I will do a sequence of these-- all with negatives 1) sit/starts, 2) drop knee start to stand (the one you mentioned) 3) sit/transition to knee exposure, trans to explorer, explorer to stand 4) sit/transition to exposure squat/then stand (still working on the negative here, have not unlocked this yet) 5) chongo (the chongo feels the most demanding on my knee joint so it is my least favorite) Thanks so much for taking the time to share and looking forward to watching more of your videos!

[@JonasKonijnenberg]

Hey Dustin! Glad this video can help you! and your approach sounds very interesting. I'm curious to see you doing your routine. After reading your words, it seems a good thing to do it like this. Doing many mounts will help your body to really get used to them. Just be aware to stop when there's a slight pain in some areas. for me a sitstart isn't so possible on harder conditions (when the line goes up or is very tight), so drilling it by doing negatives definitely helps.

[@harakiriclan7653]

Nice video man very informative! Found out two months ago I also broke my meniscus slacklining and highlining this summer! Currently treating It passively but will soon start with some more active excercises in order not to fully lose confidence with certain moves and positions.

[@JonasKonijnenberg]

Thank you bro! 🤙 I’m so glad you saw my video. It’s exactly the situation I was in. I think you are doing great to first take some time giving it some rest. Soon you can definitely start training. Already now you can do some Light movement. It will take you the longest to heal mentally. But you’ll get there!! I’ll publish soon some first exercises. Let me know if you need any guidance or have questions

[@Diclofenac_]

Really like the video and your attitude towards your body! Keep it up..

[@JonasKonijnenberg]

Thanks!! I guess you just found the other video?

[@Diclofenac_]

@@JonasKonijnenberg jup. I asked a question there, too :) maybe check it out if you have the time.

[@Diclofenac_]

@@JonasKonijnenberg Oh you already did ;). Great, thanks again :)

[@magenta_leigh]

Is there any possibility you could comment with the link to the video where you analyzed the load and movement of the different mounts? I am so interested to see it. I've been working through my meniscus injury

[@JonasKonijnenberg]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmPMoIWsp5J_gq8 This is the video! I hope you will get far in your recovery:) injuries suck :(

[@an47th_mangalath]

Hi ! I had a right leg meniscus tear 3 weeks ago and doc suggested surgery! But I trust in my natural healing abilities and can u pls suggest some targeted workouts to help me regain my confidence on the line . Thank u

[@MrWastl13]

same here i have been recovering now for almost 3 months, also a tear in my right miniscus from chongo mounts on the slackline, its getting a lot better over time

[@JonasKonijnenberg]

Hey, did you see my other video? Mobility exercises for slacklining?