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ALBANY - Sara Tschamler loves outdoor activities like rock climbing and hiking. But knee pain is plaguing her.
So she sought out a program to help strengthen her knees and found "meridian resistance flexibility and strength training."
"It feels very relaxing and when he's doing the stretches. It's not popping as much as it normally does and there's no pain," Tschamler said.
Meridian resistance flexibility and strength training is as it sounds. You use resistance to both strengthen and stretch muscles and you do it with movements that mimic how we move in real life.
"Static stretching generally does not improve your strength," explained meridian resistance trainer Peter Guare.
Guare, once a successful high school track coach, embraced meridian resistance training when his arthritis threatened to sideline him. It's been his secret weapon for staying active as the training promises to heal old injuries and prevent new ones.
Guare says he's worked with people as young as 12 and as old as 93. You adapt this program to your needs. He says once you learn the stretches best for you, you can do them at home. It's not about buying a long term membership to a club.
"It's for everybody because it works along your body's natural principles," he said.
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