Day 25.
Officially hit 'near' full flexion unassisted. 144* vs 145*. In the gym I hit full flexion last week.
Monday I was able to get 120 lbs one legged on the leg press. After each leg press set I would lay on the situp machine and dangle my leg for 30 seconds, then stand up and use the foot bar to assist in flexion.
Flexion is MUCH easier to do if you use your body weight to move your body to your leg instead of vice versa. I blogged about this in the past, so read more below.
PT Consisted of:
5 minute warmup on Bike.
3x15 12" stepups.
Measurement.
3x10 1 legged leg-press (maxed out the bands)
3x10 leg extensions with weight (band goes around knee and attaches to pulley system)
2x 1 minute 1 legged stands on an inflatable balance device bouncing a weight off of a trampoline.
5 minute 'brisk walk'
Monday I was able to get 120 lbs one legged on the leg press. After each leg press set I would lay on the situp machine and dangle my leg for 30 seconds, then stand up and use the foot bar to assist in flexion.
Flexion is MUCH easier to do if you use your body weight to move your body to your leg instead of vice versa. I blogged about this in the past, so read more below.
PT Consisted of:
5 minute warmup on Bike.
3x15 12" stepups.
Measurement.
3x10 1 legged leg-press (maxed out the bands)
3x10 leg extensions with weight (band goes around knee and attaches to pulley system)
2x 1 minute 1 legged stands on an inflatable balance device bouncing a weight off of a trampoline.
5 minute 'brisk walk'
posted by Jed at
12:21 PM
1 Comments:
Jed,
Glad to see you blogging again!
I'm at day 24 and nearly as much flexion as my good knee.
Like you, I feel like I'm barely putting much effort into PT, yet I'm weeks ahead of the last time. This is the first tear on this knee, correct? I wonder if that's the key factor here, that tearing the ACL opposite a reconstructed one seems to net quicker results in rehab. Who knows.
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