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Old 01-Aug-02, 08:58 AM   #1
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Stretching ligaments?


As you may or may not know, I f**ked up the ligaments at the back of my left knee... It seems to have healed now, but still hurts if I do anything strenuous (which is fair enough)... but... it has healed tighter and I can't straighten my leg or bend my leg as much as I used to....

Does anyone know any excercises to stretch the ligaments at the back of the knee.. I know there are 2 types, but I don't know which ones I busted....
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First, find out exactly what's broken (if possible).

Second, how long ago did you screw it up? Rehab is always most effective shortly after an injury. I ruptured the ACL in my right leg a couple of years ago while playing basketball (some dip**** former tailback for the Canadian football league basically tackled me as I was headed to the bucket on a fastbreak). I had the ACL replaced/rebuilt using a borrowed and reworked hamstring tendon (from same leg). Rehab was a bitch. I couldn't bend my knee—and I couldn't straighten it either.

Over the course of about six weeks, I very slowly (and painfully)stretched it into shape. Because I made the effort then, I now have full range of motion. In fact, my right knee is in better shape than my older (loose from 30 years of basketball) left knee. The orthropaedic surgeon and the PTs let me know from the get-go that if I didn't work intensely on flexibility (shortly after the operation), then the newly placed tissue would always be tight.

I'm not a doctor, and I'm not recommending that you stretch the hell out of it (like I did mine), but I would recommend that you see a doctor with substantial experience in treating sports injuries. There are plenty of doctors who don't know diddley.

If you want, I can tell you exactly what I did to encourage flexibility, but I don't know whether it would do you good or harm.
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I went to see two doctors, but they didn't seem to know exactly what I've to do.... They couldn't tell me what ligaments were broken and one of them gave me excercises that don't seem to help... it causes swelling and PAIN!
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