- In more complex situations, where the pain appears only after such activity as standing or prolonged walking, it will, of course, be more difficult to feel a difference in the degree of pain as a result of the practice, because we will have to wait a long while until the pain might reappear…
Here is the benefit of practicing at home. If the pain appears, say, after half an hour of walking, or standing in the kitchen, you could walk, or cook and when the pain starts reappearing, examine the effect of the movements in real time (similarly, while walking, outdoors, on a bench, and so on).
If that does not work for you (if you can’t determine where the pain is located, exactly) you can choose another movement that expresses the flexibility (or lack thereof) of the painful area, as in the movements I have mentioned above.
All that is left is to just pay attention to how this practice will affect the pain later. It may reappear at a lower intensity or after a longer period of time than it had previously. It also may appear in a more distant point in the range of motion.
For example, lower down your legs while bending forward with straight knees and stroking the front of the legs. You might find it easier to bent After the practice, as compared to the way it was prior to it. These would be excellent measures for indicating improvement.