+ 1 A routine for a disabled veteran
Long story short, I'm a disabled veteran who was discharged with a medical discharge in 95'. I have a partial knee cap. The lower half of my knee cap (I do have both full legs) was amputated & ACL reattached. I had to wear a cast from my hip to my toes for a year due to the ACL being stretched so tight & let it heal. After getting the cast off, my left quad was significantly smaller. I have worked over the years & got them within a little under 1/4 of inch in diameter difference. My question is how do I work my smaller leg to get it to the same size without neglecting my other leg? One of the problems I have is I cannot do the same weight with half a pattela as I can with the other leg. If someone could help me put together a routine, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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AnonTake a (half) knee and drink water.
Marine jokes aside. As giardap said below, this technique has been working for my pec tear i had in April.
Semper fi
I got this tip from Dave Palumbo on Youtube...
Engage with the smaller muscle. So put your mind on that muscle only, the other will still get activated, but with the focus on the engaged muscle it will force it to grow.
This worked for my right bicep when doing extra sets for a few years didnt.
That makes a lot of sense!! I assume I'd adjust the weight for the smaller leg?
I didn't, albeit with the bicep.
It's the same workload but a switch from the dominant to the passive.
You're a military guy right? So I presume you know the whole left/right dominant eye when shooting. Well it's the same with muscle groups. 1 leg or arm is almost always slightly bigger than the other from being dominant without us knowing. When you control it, you shift the engagement slightly bit not so significantly that'd you'd drop weight.
However, that said... it's always a good idea to drop weight to get the mind muscle connection reset. I do that myself in general for 1 and sometimes 2 weeks at the beginning of every periodisation run I start
It's worth a go!
Definitely will my friend!! Thanks brother
Best of luck with it man !
Whatever you decide.
Peace!
I've been looking for that video... if you happen to come across it let me know Brother!
I searched high and low for it pal, cannot find it. It's within oe of his #askdave vids on YouTube. Unfortunately they don't document answers in text so youd have to watch about 6 months of his vids!
Sorry man
But, one thing you could do, is get online e for another #askdave and ask him again. He is good like that!
After your workout do a few extra sets training your lagging leg like single leg extensions or single leg press
Congrats on your recovery brother
I wish I some training advice for you but unfortunately I am underqualified in this unique case to do so.
I did just want to take a moment and thank you for your service to this country.
The dedication you have toward your training goals, coupled with your "no excuses" approach is truly inspiring.
Good Luck to you, sir.
Appreciate that Bro!!
My injury was no where near as bad as yours sounds but advice I got going through physical therapy for my ruptured bicep was to start at the weight your injured body part can handle and start there hitting it hard to get it back to almost even I was told early on that heavy lifting for me was in the past.
I did this for around 8 months and my arm was almost able to keep up but still over 2yrs later I can only use light weight higher reps. I will catch myself pushing on say barbell bench and my left arm will be able to easily push what im lifting but I have to remeber to keep the bar level and not let my left side pick up the slack.
Legs are a completely different story but you can always still make great gains with low weight high reps adding sets as well.
Im not sure if this will help but I hope maybe it can.
Good luck and good gains brother
Here ya go thanks for serving.
http://m.military.com/military-fitness/workouts/exercises-for-disabled-vets
http://m.military.com/military-fitness/general-fitness/adaptive-sports-f...
https://www.va.gov/health/NewsFeatures/2014/March/Weight-Loss-for-Those-...
Thanks my friend... they are all helpful!
Glad I could direct you properly.
Unfortunately I dont have any real advice for you. I could throw out ideas but will refrain. But I thought I would just chime in anyway because I was in the service around the same time. Southern California. Best time of my life. A couple great friends I still talk to today. And now one of my boys is a jarhead too! So I have no practical advice, just bored and thought I would comment. Good luck brother, I hope you find an answer.
That's awesome!! My youngest just signed up to be a Jarhead too. He deserves got his brains from his daddy lol. I had a close friend from home stationed at 29 palms for several years around that time. He was motor pool. Yes sir had some awesome times & learned a lot of real life lessons!!
Thank you for your service Brother In Arms!
Lots of lessons for sure. Ive always said it would be a good idea for all kids to go through basic training after HS. Whether they want to serve or not. To this day I take the work ethic I learned there with me to work, the gym and home. Thats awesome your son enlisted! We need more like our kids
One for your and one for Jay thank you both for your service
Thanks brother! like Jar said. It was definitely a privilege!!
Thank you.... it was my privilege to serve!
If you have any social media look up a guy named the one legged monster and send him a message he's kinda in the same boat as you and he does reply to messages he's a good guy
I will check it out now!! Thanks bro
No problem bud I didn't have a answer for you but thought I'd try and send you in the direction that could get you one