Dirkmcgirk
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Will I be able to grow my Quads and Hammys only using the leg extension and hamstring kickback machines until my knees recover fully or will that not be enough stimulation?
On Test and suffered a torn meniscus on both knees
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Dirkmcgirk
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any help would be appreciated, i just wanna know if i am wasting my time?
How are you going to perform leg extensions with a torn meniscus? Leg extensions put a lot of pressure right on the front of your Knee. That includes the patellar tendon, and your meniscus. You can do ANY quad exercises until you heal up....
On 2nd thought, as far as I know, you can't heal a torn meniscus. My dad had a torn meniscus and it hurt like hell whenever the two pieces touched. So, to "repair" the meniscus they cut out the smallest amount of the mensiscus as possible, that will make it so the two open pieces don't touch.
On 2nd thought, as far as I know, you can't heal a torn meniscus. My dad had a torn meniscus and it hurt like hell whenever the two pieces touched. So, to "repair" the meniscus they cut out the smallest amount of the mensiscus as possible, that will make it so the two open pieces don't touch.
Dirkmcgirk
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They can in some cases heal themselves and that is the case with me. I didn't do any leg exercises for 4 weeks and subsequently started physical therapy. I was doing quite a bit of knee bending in physical therapy, so i decided to slowly integrate leg extensions and hamstring curls
mightysatchmo
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I Just had meniscus surgery 2 weeks ago. Healing well but unless its in the redzone of the meniscus it will nj ot heal itself. No blood flow to most of meniscus therefor will not heal itself and will end up retearing. Leg extensions are off limits for a while and when can do them watch my range of motion. Good luck with them
Dirkmcgirk
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still no answer fellas. Do you think i can gain a lil something on my legs by doing light leg extensions and hamstring curls 3 times a week on cycle
technically if you can get enough blood flow into the legs with high enough reps especially on legs while on cycle yes they will grow. just won't be as good as results. i would say surgery knees are to important. especially if torn. meniscus surgery isn't the worst. you can recover from it pretty quickly.
mightysatchmo
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I agree with Bigboss12, I had meniscus surgery 3 weeks ago this week and doing great. Not a bad recovery at all. Get it fixed and youll be on your way to making gains. Better to do that than to try and have it tear worse etc.
Hey. I think your best bet is staying off cycle unless you stay under 220 mg of test and low dose deca. Test at that dose will increase collagen synthesis. Hav is incorrect. It really depends on what type of tear. A bucket handle is awful and ruins range of motion big time. That's a must for surgery. It's true that meniscus are rarely healed on there own. Or well I should say heal proper. It's better to get it cleaned out. After swelling calms your pretty much ready to go 14 days post op. Some people get it fixed and wait 6 months and it doesn't heal and they are back in surgery. If I were you I'd get it done. So minor. Pre op keep doing body weight squats and balance work to encourage the proper behaviour of the muscles for when your back. The proprioception is very important in recovery. So 14 days out of surgery do the same stuff. Before in the days right after surgery I'd focus on squeezing your quad as that can be difficult. The more your unable to stimulate the muscle the worse the atrophy will be on your rehab. In terms of healing aids id use 4.5-9 iu growth a day for 3 months min and tb 500 1 5mg shot a week for 6 weeks then 5 mgs once a month for few months. Hope this helps.
Dirkmcgirk
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I think I will just do both knees in December, my ortho also suggested i try platelet rich plasma therapy too while i'm at it. Since it's military it will be free of charge
Platelet rich plasma (PRP)therapy was one of the options i had with my Doctor when i had my shoulder fixed with prolozone. PRP cost more than Prolozone. i went with Prolozone because i was not covered and it cost less. i'm thinking you would have that option too. i would do both at the same time if i were you and it was covered. i think PRP with prolozone would be good. i have an appointment on monday for more prolotherapy on my hand. i will ask my doctor if PRP and prolozone can be used at the same time.
Harnold
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I would recommend you leave your legs alone for awhile. maybe do some softer treadmill walking to get blood in the area, but no leg work at all. my 2cnts.
i went to go see my Doctor to get my hand treated with more prolotherapy. he did some prolotherapy on my shoulder too. after all that i asked him if prp and prolozone can be done at the same time on the Knee. he told me prolozone is usually done first because prp costs more. both would help more than doing nothing and waiting for it to heal on it's own. i have to say i have never had surgery done on my knees so i have no comparison between the two treatments surgery vs prolotherapy/proplozone/prp. either way it's not a good idea to train legs for the next couple months. you have to let those knees heal.
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