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ACL Rehabilitation: Hamstring StretchRehabilitaci³n del ligamento cruzado anterior: Estiramiento del mºsculo posterior del muslo

ACL Rehabilitation: Hamstring Stretch

Begin your rehabilitation with exercises that develop muscle control. These help you meet basic goals, like driving a car or going back to work. Exercise as often as you're advised. But stop right away if any exercise causes sharp or increasing pain. Icing your knee for 15-20 minutes after exercise can help prevent swelling and soreness.

  • Lie on your back with your good knee bent. Put a towel around the back of your injured leg. Tighten your stomach muscles.

  • Keeping the knee as straight as you can, slowly pull on the towel to bring your injured leg up. Raise it as far as you comfortably can.

  • Hold for 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times.

CAUTION: If you feel tingling or pain in your back or legs, you're not yet ready for this exercise.

 

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