pettler tendon

[AC Slater]

A couple of years ago I was in a serious auto accident wich ripped my pettler tendon from the pettler pole now I have serious atrify in my leg and also the knee itself is very weak I continue to do my leg exercises with no help my exercises consist of leg presses,leg curls,leg extensions,seated calve raises,lunges,and stationary bike.Maybe I am not doing enough or I am not doing things right but I cannot take this anymore any help would be great......

[Doc.Sust]

increase the volume and see if it helps, did you ever have the tendon repaired?

[AC Slater]

I have had my pettler tendon reatached to the petller pole.Also should I just work the one leg once a week at the begining of the week then do both at the end of the week.Just an idea....

[Doc.Sust]

i would work both legs both time a wk, studies haveshown that exercising the unaffected leg may also help with recovery with the weaker leg. how does this happen> honestly, i dont know, but it does work, mark philipii , worlds strongest man competitior, had a car crush his knee when competeing in a contest(car flip event) while he was hurt he rehabbed the good knee while his bd knee couldnt be used, than weh he could rehab, he did both knees and was back alot sooner than expected, i would work both knnes seperately at the begining of the wk,(single leg curls, single leg extensions, single leg press, lunges etc working both rt and lt legs seperately, at the end of the wk i would rehab the knees together using movements that used both legs togehter, i would also work in proprioceptive training using stabilizer muscles(wobble board, rocker board, swiss ball,etc etc,)