07-14-15, 04:44 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Sorry you a have a tear Alta. MR's front leg raise is what my ortho doc told me to do. Make sure to contract the quad and not just lift the leg. I worked up to 15 pound ankle weights before my knee replacement on that exercise alone. I'd never use that much weight for side lying.
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07-14-15, 04:54 PM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Colorado Springs
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Before I had leg weights, I used to sit on a high counter and bend and straighten my legs with a paint can hanging from my ankle. I'm pretty sure if you went to physical therapy, you'd lift your leg on some kind of contraption similar to this exercise. The main thing is the minute you feel a twinge in your knee, back off on the weight.
If you can go up stairs holding weights, and without feeling pain, that might also work.
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07-14-15, 05:29 PM | |
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Jane - My ex-neighbor put her iron on her foot. They might do your paint can exercise with an ankle weight after the meniscus is healed but not sure about doing that with a tear. Knee extensions are usually contraindicated.
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07-14-15, 06:03 PM | |
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I need to build up my thighs and this is a good reminder to me to double up my ankle weights when I do Maggie's quad work. I need to challenge myself.
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