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lifting_heavy_things2017-01-09 10:39 pm
coffeetime) wrote in lifting_heavy_things2017-01-09 10:39 pm
yoo hoo? anybody here?
Hey, lifters, is anyone still around? I'm still having issues and still trying to lift and not giving up, darn it! And I could use some company.
Since I had the metal taken out of my leg (if you were here a while ago, you'll remember I broke it badly in 2015) I have had full range of motion and I still do a lot of physical therapy exercises to maintain balance, improve small muscle coordination etc. That leg is still not the same size and shape as the other one. I am also doing a lot of yoga to improve balance and stability, and I know from doing one-legged standing poses that the formerly broken leg is also not as strong as before I broke it. I wish I could hit on the exercise(s) that would best help me build that leg back up and get its strength back. Calf raises just don't target more than a small area and also there's a weird hollow on the outside of my shin a few inches below the knee, like I just lost mass there and it will never return. What brilliant plan am I not thinking of?
Since I had the metal taken out of my leg (if you were here a while ago, you'll remember I broke it badly in 2015) I have had full range of motion and I still do a lot of physical therapy exercises to maintain balance, improve small muscle coordination etc. That leg is still not the same size and shape as the other one. I am also doing a lot of yoga to improve balance and stability, and I know from doing one-legged standing poses that the formerly broken leg is also not as strong as before I broke it. I wish I could hit on the exercise(s) that would best help me build that leg back up and get its strength back. Calf raises just don't target more than a small area and also there's a weird hollow on the outside of my shin a few inches below the knee, like I just lost mass there and it will never return. What brilliant plan am I not thinking of?
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My plan to strengthen the ankle and calf is to do a lot of step-ups, front and side. While holding on to something for the beginning. Also, goblet squats. And raising myself up on my toes (can't manage tiptoes yet, range of motion not there). However, right now with the snow and the cold, walking is not going too well.
Can you identify what the missing muscle does by getting it to work on the other leg? I think it might be the one that lets you lift your front foot when your heel is on the floor. Whatever it is that makes that muscle work on the good side, try it on the bad one.
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We use those small muscles in yoga all the time and I can absolutely lift my forefoot with my heel on the ground. At this point there's no movement I can't replicate on both sides. I just poop out on that bad side a lot faster.