# @elastaboy on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcd07EDTgUX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69517774-elastaboy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/43c4cc8ef3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25T14:23:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jake Blundell (@elastaboy) — https://gondola.cc/elastaboy

## Caption

Running doesn’t have to wreck your knees and ankles. It only does when these joints never learned to absorb the impact.

Your knee pain probably isn’t a mileage problem. For a lot of runners it’s the ankle and hip that never learned to catch the landing, so the load climbs up to the knee instead. That gap shows up as runner’s knee, achy arches and hips that stay tight no matter how much you stretch them.

Here’s the joint-by-joint fix:
1. Bulgarian Split Squat, slow 3 second lowers, 8 to 10 reps a side, trains the hip to control the landing
2. Pigeon Stretch and Couch Stretch, 60 seconds a side, opens the front of the hip running keeps shortened
3. Bent Knee Ankle Extensions and Tibialis Raises, build the ankle strength that controls your shin angle on push off
4. Toe Pushes, 10 reps a side, gets the smallest lever in the chain doing its share

Do this before your next run, not instead of it.

Follow me then comment “BASICS” and I’ll DM you my Mobility Basics program 👇

#Elastaboy #Reboryn #RunnerKnee #AnkleMobility #HipMobility

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hipmobility, runnerknee, elastaboy, reboryn, anklemobility

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