Mystic,

On the contrary, my quads are not tight. I have kept
my legs strength and conditioning up pretty good
through this whole deal. I am very tight around my
knee joint. Joint pain for the most part. I am having
a bit of pain related to my meniscus repair. Where my
new ACL was screwed to the Tibia is where I get some
discomfort. I am mostly tight around my calves and
across the bottom front of my knee. I have to stretch
out on the stairs to relief a swollen muscle in my
hamstring that is pinching my sciatic nerve. in which
case I have tried anti-inflammatory (Celebrix) and it
has not helped much. The stretching out on the stairs
helps with the relief of this pinch a little and at
the same time works on my flexibility of my knee. I am
going to see about going onto flexarile (spelling?),
which is a muscle relaxant. Maybe then the celebrix
will have a shot at reducing the inflammation.

I'm not at a stage of placing any weight or bands for
resistance on a leg curl. This is an absolute no,no
according to my therapist. I am only doing leg lifts
with muscle stim. A roll is placed behind my knee and
I straighten it from that point only to tighten the
contraction of the muscles beside the knee and the
quad. I feel I can do more but I'm not pushed at all
like most other physiotherapists do.

Corey

--- Mystic Traveler <mystic643@...> wrote:

> Thank you for replying to my post... it is a relief
> to know that the
> numbness will go away, eventually. Sounds like you
> have tight
> hamstrings... my tightness is with the quads.
> I lay face down and loop a rope over my foot and
> pull my led toward my
> head. When I reach the tight point, I push against
> the rope for 10
> seconds, then relax and pull my leg down a little
> further. I repeat
> this 5 times. I use mental imagining also to "think"
> my quad to
> stretch out.
>
> Good luck and thanks again for posting a reply... it
> takes a load off
> of my mind to know others are "in the same boat".
>
> Mystic
>
>
>
>
>


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