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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #105 on: May 12, 2016, 04:01:27 am »
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I see. Yea, dumbbell seems good, but grip strength might be an issue

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #106 on: May 18, 2016, 03:56:33 am »
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Still wish I could jump off one foot. Better safe than sorry though, so I think I'm gonna give it like 1-2 years before having dunk sessions off one. In the meanwhile, lots of quad stretching/foam rolling, deadlifts, RDL's, and leg curls. When do you think I'll be truely hip dominant and not have to worry about further damaging my quadricep tendon?

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #107 on: May 18, 2016, 04:07:59 am »
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Maybe you should do stuff like primetimes on the track that focuses on having a straight leg... so you learn how not to bend at the knee that much. Also, submaximal jumps where you hip snap and KB swings, since they are hip-driven dynamic movements (assuming you do them right and not "squat" them).

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #108 on: May 18, 2016, 11:19:00 pm »
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Not sure what primetimes are, but I do submaximal one foot jumps here and there sometimes. I just focus on planting my foot as far forward as I can, kinda leaning back and putting it in my hips rather than knee.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #109 on: May 19, 2016, 03:04:10 am »
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Primetimes are some sort of "straight leg" runs, throwing your legs straight in front of you and pulling yourself across the track.

I personally like the dynamic loaded hip dominant exercises like KB swings (assuming you do them right) because they're both dynamic but they also load you up quite a bit so you feel if you load your posterior chain or your quads. Sometimes it's harder to feel it with just your bodyweight.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #110 on: May 19, 2016, 06:32:08 am »
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I see. I'll add in the kettlebell swings too then. I used to do them, seems like a submaximal exercise more for proprioception than a max effort type of thing.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #111 on: May 22, 2016, 08:18:43 pm »
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When I finally do completely get of quad dominance though, I think I'd like to finally be able to switch to being a full one foot jumper. I definitely think you're right about proper one foot jumping being less hard on the knees. My friends that jump off one foot seemed to complain mostly about ankle and lower back pain, but never about knee pain.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #112 on: May 23, 2016, 02:18:55 am »
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Usually, people with anterior pelvic tilt tend to jump well off one leg. However, APT also associates with low back pain, whereas posterior pelvic tilt associates with knee pain.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #113 on: May 23, 2016, 09:27:38 pm »
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I see. I'm reading about anterior pelvic tilt right now though and it says to fix it, I have to strengthen my glutes and hamstrings, and stretch my quads and psoas, which is what I'm doing right now. Might not necesarily mean I have it though I guess.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #114 on: May 24, 2016, 02:36:29 am »
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That is correct. Also, to strengthen the abs. It's interesting, but as Toddday was alluding to some time ago, some APT is good, because when you run/jump, the squeeze you get from the glutes will actually put you into neutral pelvic tilt, which is optimal. If you were in neutral pelvic tilt from the get go, the glute squeeze would've put you into posterior pelvic tilt, which would be sub-optimal.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #115 on: May 24, 2016, 04:51:03 am »
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I see. Well, I've read a lot of people wanting to get rid of ATP, but guess it's beneficial to us lol

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #116 on: May 24, 2016, 05:10:08 am »
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If you get a lot of back injuries like I do, yes.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #117 on: May 24, 2016, 05:19:32 am »
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Yep, I do a lot of sitting at the computer, so you'd guess I would have lower back pain, but I have none. The only thing that I wish I never had was chronic quadricep tendinosis of my left knee from one foot jumping. It still bothers me a bit, but I think it might just be scar tissue.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #118 on: May 25, 2016, 04:45:19 am »
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Thinking about switching back to RL now too, and wonder if it'll have less pressure on my left knee. I played around with RL a bit too on 8'6, and it sort of seemed fine. I think that planting RL too is more hip dominant, so that'll be another plus.

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Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« Reply #119 on: May 26, 2016, 07:33:02 pm »
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Nvm, I guess if it isn't broken, dont fix it. Gonna stay with LR. I wonder why planting RL affects the quadricep tendonitis on my left leg though. For LR though, my main problem though is I still seem to get higher off only like 2 steps.