rydra_wong: Text: "Your body is a battleground" over photo of 19th-C strongwoman. (body -- battleground)
rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] lifting_heavy_things 2015-02-08 01:27 pm (UTC)

Really glad the links were helpful; I got so much good advice from people.

Okay, so hip flexor stretches -- if you can put the knee on the floor, you can do the standard kneeling stretch:

http://willgallucci.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hipflexorstretch.jpg

Or this one could be ideal:

http://baudrytherapy.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/hip-flexor-stretch-300x225.jpg

Glutes and hamstrings of the injured leg -- hard to do anything heavy because you can't put weight through the foot, but you could do all the "quadruped" exerciss on hands and knees: donkey kicks, etc.. The weight of the cast will help add resistance. *g*

OTOH, if you're exhausted, you probably want to minimize the extra stress you're putting on your body.

Could be worth putting focus into stretching and massage stuff for everything that's getting overworked by life on crutches.

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