Too Tight?
August 23, 2014 by nosport45
Hi all,
Realised today that when I’m standing with feet slightly apart I can hardly bend my left knee at all! It feels tight all the way round my leg from knee down. Should it be this tight? Its ok when sitting or no weight on it. Assuming it must be Achilles still stopping it. no real pain just really tight. Is this normal? Anyone else had this? On a positive note, I bought my first pair of crocs today. Not very glamorous but so comfortable and meant and didn’t have to chop the back bit off my trainers(they are rubbing against Achilles). Not bothering to use the ‘lifts’ which turned out to be thin pieces of felt just cut to go in shoe. Still trying to do ROM and some walking n stretching.
Any opinions, advice welcome. Thanks
NoSport45, I don’t think it’s your knee that’s tight; I think it’s your Achilles. To bend your knee while standing, you also need to stretch your Achilles. Tight dorsiflexion this way is common for us in ATR recovery–mine is still, but getting better all the time. -David
I just flip the backstrap of my crocs forward and use like a house slipper. Yeah, the tightness will get better with stretching and exercises. Keep it up.
Oh yeah, I used a heating pad before stretching and it helped me with my stretching.
The tightness is still here after 8 weeks. Try standing with support and slowly bending the knee and go a little past comfort for 3 seconds leg go rinse and repeat for 5 minutes. That’s what I do at pt and home so far I have a smaller increase, but not by much.
vegasjeoy,
could you explain why you did not have to have surgery - the comment the doc found it was scar tissue, I don’t understand the background of that. Thanks.