The Tower

It's been sitting, assembled, in my living room for weeks. I finally did the exercise this morning for the first time. I played this video while I lay there. I did five minutes on each of the top three levels on the right leg, then the same for the left. Good thing I was listening to the video as I lay there because my knee felt hyper-extended, and that was addressed by the therapist. He said that the tower doesn't feel great for people with knee issues while they're in the exercise (and I don't have pain there, but I do have very creaky knees as we all know) but afterwards you feel good.

I didn't notice much in my back. Then again my back doesn't arch at all because of my spinal rod. I really just felt the hyperextension of the knees. Also my foot was turned out a bit but I couldn't manage to pull it back in. I'll take a picture next time.

A half-hour for this exercise is pretty good! I'll work up to the hour. I also did Static Back for five minutes before the Tower, and I did Air Bench for two minutes after that. Of course, my body felt better after doing these three ecises than it did before. Then I did ten jump thrusts. My knees didn't creak for the second half of those. I believe that I need to strengthen my muscles (in addition to egoscue) in order for the creakiness to fade. Sitting at my desk all day doesn't really strengthten muscles. Just so you know.