VMO Squat

[smoksumtin]

I have a question..ive torn my acl in my left knee and notice some instability while playing basketball. I was thinking I need to strengthen my vmo to offset the missing lig but would like some insight on what exercises to perform. Any exercise you may have in mind would be extremely helpful.

[birriukov]

I have a question, my Vastus Medialis is smaller than my vastus intermedius. When I flex my leg, I can clearly see the outline of the right muscle in my thigh, but the left one is not visible. What could I do to strengthen it?

[endurodoc]

@birriukov First determine why there is a difference in size/strength: is it mechanical, neurologic, vascular or a combo of those three? Unless you have a history of trauma to the thigh, there is likely something 'else' causing this asymmetry. As for particular exercises, focus on single leg activities (split squats, peterson step ups, lunges, backwards walking/running, etc) to help address the imbalance.

[birriukov]

@endurodoc It's visibly smaller in size, I don't have a problem with it being week. I just can't see the outline of it as good as I can see with Vastus Intermedius.

[jusegozu]

Hello i disloacted my knee playing soccer. i want to strengthen it as much as possible. what would u recommend?

[endurodoc]

@jusegozu I assume you dislocated your knee cap (patella)? This exercise would definitely be helpful, but I wouldn't start with this. Start with more basic strengthening like: quad setting, straight leg raise, side lying leg raise, standing terminal knee extensions, peterson step ups, and cycling. Good luck with the rehab!

[jusegozu]

@endurodoc hello. i dislocated it almost 8 months ago. but i want to start playing soccer again. and i want to make sure it won't happen again. . . . what would help me the most to strengthien it?

[dimivc]

I have a question,

I have had a hip replacement 8months ago and my vmo are also verry weak but I don't know if i may do this exercise for my hip. Hope you can help mei

[endurodoc]

@dimivc Firstly, only do the exercises/activities that your surgeon cleared you to do. That stated, for a post-op THR, I typically focus first on hip extensors (glutes, hamstrings and adductors) and plantar flexors (gastrocs and soleus).

After attaining some degree of proficiency there, I'll move on to the basic quad exercises (quad sets, straight leg raise, standing terminal knee extensions). At that point I would feel confident with exercises like this squat and the Peterson step up.

[candle331]

Whats vmo can you explain please?

[buddhikaw]

@candle331 Its the muscle on the inside of the quad that is mainly for knee stability. I suggest you google it.

[DavidHURST1]

noonevincecarterfan is right, VM is not an adductor, so porr prescritpion in this video.

Correct VM targetting involves working on the first 5° of mouvement, that is close to straight knees and 5° away, for example on a leg extension.

[endurodoc]

@DavidHURST1 You're right. VMO, firing in a vacuum, is not an adductor. However, no muscle anywhere in our body fires alone. Think movement patterns, not just approximation of O to I.

As an example, try 20 body weight squats: 10 with a weight bias through the metatarsal heads and 10 biased through the calcaneus. Both squats have the same total body weight and same joint angles, but note which squat emphasizes hamstrings and which emphasizes glues. Read Norkin and Levangie for more.

[endurodoc]

And that is the difference between an anatomical approach to the body and a biomechanical approach. Anatomists see only an approximation of O to I with contraction. Muscle contractions do not occur in a vacuum---rather in complex movement patterns directing forces throughout the body. After you've learned all of you Os and Is, check out Myers' "Anatomy Trains". It will change the way you think of the body.

[noonevincecarterfan]

Vustus medialis is not an adductor, so I don't see it getting any further work than without that thing in between the thighs. According to my anatomy teacher who is a physical therapist, you will only emphacise that muscle more than the v. lateralis if you don't bent down in your knees as much when you do squatting..

[dimivc]

I have almost no vastus medialis so I think this exercise will help me alot but I don't know If I may do this exercise because I have a hipprosthesis.

[TheAyman600]

thnkx alot plz keep em kumming