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YellowSpike

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Exercises/tips to help recovery process and improve muscle strength
« on: March 05, 2015, 02:05:22 PM »
I was told by my doctor that I'm only allowed to fully weight-bear around my house, as I'm still in the early stages of recovery. I just wanted to see if anyone had some tips to help move the recovery along smoothly and also to maintain/start gaining back leg muscle strength? I know walking is probably the best, but the weather is really bad where I live and I work from home until like 5:30 each day, so it's hard to make time for it right now. My left leg also has a good amount of nerve pain when doing certain movements, so that's another temporary limitation I face (though this pain seems to improve after standing/walking for a while).

Off the top of my head, I can think of leg lifts, glute bridges/squeezes and stuff, but wondering if anyone has any other tips. I'm also making sure eat a lot of calories (and a lot of eggs and cheese), and also I will start taking more supplements and having protein shakes every day.
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Re: Exercises/tips to help recovery process and improve muscle strength
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 02:46:35 PM »
Read up on plyometrics. There are also a few basketball books written by NBA conditioning coaches. Those are the most vigorous programme to get back your athleticism + maybe even more ;)
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Re: Exercises/tips to help recovery process and improve muscle strength
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 03:47:16 PM »
lol I think plyometrics is a little out of my reach right now. I was asking about basic exercises that I could do in my bed (near my computer while I work), since the weather prevents me from join going out to walk every day (though it's supposed to clear up this weekend).
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Re: Exercises/tips to help recovery process and improve muscle strength
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2015, 06:20:29 PM »
You could try squatting your bodyweight while holding on to a counter or table.
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Re: Exercises/tips to help recovery process and improve muscle strength
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2015, 12:03:44 AM »
Quote from: ReadRothbard on March 05, 2015, 06:20:29 PM
You could try squatting your bodyweight while holding on to a counter or table.
Ehh, good luck with that. Would just be a dip
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Re: Exercises/tips to help recovery process and improve muscle strength
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2015, 02:37:31 PM »
Another piece of advice I'd like from LL vets - how did you go about working on your recovery once you had to return to work (even though you weren't fully recovered yet)? I work from my house's home office, but have to go back to the office within about a month or so. But even so, that's 5 days a week that I'm busy until 5:30PM. I've tried to go for walks after work, but with the weather here, it's not always possible.

I want to do whatever I can to aid in my recovery, but I need to be efficient about it. 
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