I had a knee injury 14 years ago. no insurance to get it fixed. This was at the age of 14. I walked with a limp. couldnt play sports without my knee dislocating. so my left leg is very week. had surgery in 2005. Still very week but not dislocating. never really trained my legs before. Started ss 8 months ago ( moved to different programing but still for strength out of pp after 3 months of ss) My quad on my left leg get extremly tight. I stretch and foam roll both of them. And it puls on my knee and hip feels like. If I do light weigh DE sets of squats it dont bother me. Can still do heavy DL. I started getting curious on what they cut and done on my surgery ( knew it was serious scar tissues couldnt bend my leg for a month) as for where scar tissue is. This is the records from 2006 which I requested and recieved. I just have no clue what they are talking about.
THanks
opperative procedures- Left patellar Medial vastus medial oblique reefing, repair of patellofemoral ligament. Left kness Arthroscopic lateral release
Procedure ( will keep it a lot shorter then on paper)
Arthoscopic Lateral release.
Patellofemoral ligament was cut transversely and sewed pants over vest to tighten ligament.
VMO tendon was released from medial superior quadrant of the patella. This was advanced to the midportion of the patella. Pants over vest sutures were utilized as well as edge suture thereby producing a double row fixation of the VMO tendon into the patella. THe VMO was advanced 1-2 c.
I googled and understand some of it but not realy.
How will this effect my training as of scar tissue. Should I stay with light weight DE sets, if heavy weight bothers it?
Help Thanks.
I also posted in recovery, but afterwards I thought I would realy like to hear your opinion. I am not looking for medical advise, just your thoughts on trainig in the above situations
Thanks again
Too many typos in your post, but it sounds like an old-fashioned unnecessary hatchet-job procedure to "tighten" up the knee. Training correctly would have done the same thing.