One Leg Squat after serious knee injury.
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J.Michael posted 16 weeks ago.
well then, I better stop running. as I can't do more than a few true one legged squats. (unless I'm unsure what they entail.)
I do them occasionally, but I balance on one leg and lower myself down with the other leg almost straight out in fromt of me. then, back up with no assistance.
I have to admit, sometimes, I think I go too far down.
well, if he's right, there goes my training for an IM, as I run about 6-10 mi at least every other day.
anyone, got any knitting needles or bingo supplies they're willing to part with?.....
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Tri-grit posted 16 weeks ago.
I think one-leg squats are great for building your core and flexibility and improving your balance and I believe they can help to prevent injuries, BUT I wouldn’t use it as a proxy to tell me whether or not I should be running. This doesn’t seem like very good advice and I would get a second opinion from another professional (as he suggested). Also, I don't think that there is anything magic about the number 20. For example, if you can do 12 squats with your healthy leg, requiring you to do 20 with your injured leg seems extreme. I do 3 sets of 10 and have never done 20 at one time.
By the way, I often see people at my gym who do these in a way that look like they could really wreck a knee … such as bending beyond a 90-degree angle with butt touching heel and using too much weight (or any weight at all it just starting out). I do recommend incorporating these into a weight program as its one of the better exercises for us, but listen to your body, specifically your knee, to make sure that you do not damage anything further.
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TriSooner posted 16 weeks ago.
Rupert wrote:
I'd listen to your own skepticism on this one.
I asked him if he does one leg squats and he said no.
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jperubog posted 16 weeks ago.
Not that I have anything against chiropracters, I personally don't go to one, but I would think a physical therapist or an orthopedist should be able to give you better advice than a chiropracter about rehabing sports related injuries. I wouldn't ask a fitness professional either, talk to licensed medical professionals who deal with injuries and rehabing them. There are alot of other safer exercises you can do to strengthen your knee other than squats.
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Rupert posted 16 weeks ago.
Thanks guys.
Jperubog, I don't think he even mean that I should use them as training. I think it was more about using them as a measuring stick. Unfortunately the Orthopedic doctor did not even want to talk to me about this question.
Sometimes I feel that I would get a better answer from someone who had an injury, rather than someone who useses his (not so little) bodyweight to press on and crack backs.
I am visiting a chiropractor for my lower back. ( He is not doing much, but I am sticking for few visits.) On Monday I asked him about my knee, which was injured a while back. This was a acute injury due to my stupidity of jumping of a high picknic table. The injury is long healed, but let's itself to be known once in a while.
So this Chiropractor tells me that I should not be running after a knee injury, unless I can do 20 straight one leg squats on that leg first.
I asked him if he does one leg squats and he said no.
So I told me that it's a difficult exercise and 20 in rehab is a bit much in my humble oppinion. He told me suit yourself. So just to make sure I held to a chair and did one leg squat and ask him if that's what he meant. He said yes. He also told me that if I don't believe him, I should ask any fitness professional.
So I am asking. Anyone heard of this or this guy had one too many adjustments done?