Best Stretches for Broken Leg Spin || Stretching for Skaters | Coach Michelle Hong

Welcome back to my channel. It's Coach Michelle Hong. I hope everybody's staying happy, healthy, and safe. So my rink today just announced that they are closing until March 22nd during this precious time. We are taking precaution as a community and we want to be able to keep everybody safe. It's our social responsibility to make sure that we're not unintentionally spreading the virus. So even if you're not showing symptoms, you may be carrying the virus and you're going to pass it on to somebody who has a lower immune system or elder folks who are more at risk. So even though you may think you're resilient and you think that you can push through, it's a community problem, it's a world problem, it's a pandemic right now. And so I think it's really important for us to take precaution and really take time to just stay at home if you can. You know, away from school, away from work, away from public places. And during this time, utilize our offline skills, make sure that we're still training and staying active and eating healthy at home. And I hope that this Stretch With Me series can help inspire and bring back resilience and hope into everybody's lives. So with that being said, we're going to go into broken leg stretches and exercises today. And throughout the series, I hope you see that it is possible to still maintain that strength. So when you get back onto the ice, if your rings are closed, you're going to be stronger than ever before. So what we're going to start out with is bending our knees, putting our hands on the ground, and then we're going to place our free foot to the side with a towel. So if you have a yoga mat and a towel at home, then we're going to go into this slide and we're going to pull back. Slide, pull back. This hip is opening up. We're going to sink into this half straddle position. And why is it called a half straddle? Because my hips are behind my knee. So I'm going to breathe in through my nose, out through my mouth. Breathe in through your nose, out through my mouth. What we're going to do now is rock our hips from behind to being in line with both our left knee and our right free leg. So now this is a half middle split. Breathe in through your nose, out through my mouth. If you can't get on your elbows, try to hold yourself up with your hands and strengthen your arms and your core. This way. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. So I'm going to place the towel to the left. I'm going to put my foot right on top of the towel and have my knee in line with my free foot. I'm going to slide and pull in. Slide, pull in. 4-10, 4-9, 4-8, 4-6, 4-5, 4-4, 4-3, 4-2, 4-1. Elbows on the ground. Hold that middle straddle. Half straddle stretch. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. Okay, now we're going to try to bend on our hands and have our hip be in line with our knee and our free foot. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. Okay, sorry. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. So now we're going to do crisscross applesauce on overdrive. We're going to bend our left knee. We're going to stack our right knee on top. Breathe in through your nose, and side bend. Arm goes up, up, up, down, up. And bend around the elbow, and up, down, up, down, up. Forward fold. So if your free foot is looking outward, I would try to get a hold of my ankles. There we go. Fantastic. Now we're going to bend our right knee, place that one on the ground, and stack our left knee on top. We're going to lean towards our left. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. And switch sides. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. And forward fold. Head down. Breathe in through your nose. Other side, we're gonna try to press our ankles to the ground. What you'll notice is that when I try to press my ankles to the ground, my knees are in one line. They are parallel. So before, my knees were separated, right? Now I want them stacked directly on top of one another for a deeper stretch in your hip. Open up, and now we're gonna bend our right knee and place our foot into the ground, and we're gonna lift up our free foot, our left foot, and create a pancake seated position, as so. And now that we have a gap between my belly button and my thigh, we're gonna try to close that gap by inching our hands closer and closer to the knee that is bent. We're gonna breathe under our nose. Out through the mouth. And the glute that is on the ground, you wanna try to inch your way towards the heel that is in the ground. We're gonna breathe under our nose. Out through the mouth. You can rotate your ankle, rotate your neck from side to side, and we're gonna place our elbows onto the ground, and we're back, breathe in through your nose. Out through your mouth. Tuck the pancake in towards your belly button. Knee to chest, knee to chest. For 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, drop. Great, lift your right foot in the air, bend your knee, place the ankle on top of the left quad. We're gonna inch our chest towards our bent leg, and we're gonna shift our hips and glutes towards that heel. And we're gonna breathe in through our nose. Out through your mouth. Breathe in through your nose. Out through your mouth. So remember, even if your knee is like this, that's fine. We're gonna inch our way to slowly push that knee open, and we're gonna use our chest to press and squish. Breathe in through your nose. Out through your mouth. Get onto our elbows, and rock back. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. Great, and we're gonna bend our knee into our chest. For 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, I'm gonna leave my left leg in front, and my right knee is gonna be bent, and I'm gonna rock all the way back, as so. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. Try the other side. Still bending my left knee, and straightening my right. Breathe in through my nose. Out through my mouth. Breathe in through my nose. Out through my mouth. Okay, so now that we have our chair, we're gonna try to open up our hips, and try to maintain that balance for that broken leg position. So we're gonna face the chair, and we're gonna squat down, bend our knees, and prepare right here. For 10, engage your core. Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. And from here, you're gonna place your foot out to the side, and you're gonna slide out, and you're gonna hold it for 10. Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Push yourself up, and we're gonna do the opposite side. We're gonna squat, place our left leg up to the side, and we're gonna go 10. Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Fantastic. Excellent. Well, there you have it. That is the broken leg position. My legs are burning, and my hip is definitely feeling that. And I hope that you all enjoy. Let me know in the comment section below how you're all doing, and I hope that you have a great rest of your weekend. Love y'all so much. Bye.