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First Jack....google 'PNF' = proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, it is a method to 'pre-stretch' muscle fibers and fool the brain on muscle contraction. The example for you r quads would be sitting on a table, dangle legs...extend up until some discomfort, then have someone put their hands behind your ankle and now SLOW and STEADY flexion until you feel some discomfort...no pain! and hold this 'isotonic' position for 12-15 seconds and release, relax and re-try the extension....repeat several times and you'll see that you can extend further each time...I learned this one in the martial arts....can get most people more 'flexible' in 30-60 minutes than they have ever been before. Can do this for every major muscle group. I'm doing this now for my wife who is recovering from elbow surgery and her physical therapist and ortho doc are amazed at her progress.
Second as far as a meniscus tear, a brace that prevents lateral rotation will make it feel better, not perfevt...other than that ask an orthopod....sorry, not my main area.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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