#straightlegraises

[mrcalisthenics]

The most important part of #StraightLegRaises is the straight leg part! #ItsInTheName If your #Quads aren’t burning, you’re probably doing em wrong. Image by 📷 @autowine1 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnv4XX6F7Tm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j7jyg9zhs89i

[weoobeans]

Getting my leg to get off the ground and up this high was so hard, but yay for progress! #aclrehab #mclrehab #straightlegraises

[mpflandyoga-blog]

Day 9 & 10

Busy two days full of PT, icing and elevation. But all this hard work has paid off - straight leg raises, while still a challenge, are coming easier and I hit 84 degrees yesterday! They have me doing some more strengthening exercises now and I have a portable Empi machine to help build muscle strength and activate the quads.

It is still exhausting moving anywhere and everything takes a long time but I am happy to still see progress!

[mpflandyoga-blog]

Day 8: Straight Leg Raise

As I was sitting on the floor with my legs straight out, doing PT exercises, I attempted to do an unassisted straight leg raise. I gathered all my strength together, activated my quads as best I could and amazingly, I got my leg up! It wasn’t pretty and it was a struggle but I was so excited. All those straight leg raises with 10 pound weights for months before surgery seem to have paid off. I would encourage anyone having this surgery to get a prehab program in place months before your MPFL reconstruction so you can build up the muscles and flexibility in the bad leg as much as possible. You will still get atrophy, the muscles will still shut down but the bounce back will be much quicker. And if you are a yogi, you will have the benefit of being familiar with leg stretches and already have some flexibility going in.