MOVEMENTS TO AVOID WITH SPECIFIC KNEE CONDITIONS
TENDONITIS
Tondonltis it the chronic inflammation of a tendon.
- Perform a thorough warm-up with a few extra warmup sets before your working sets.
- Decrease your loads so the movement Is pain-free. Keep your reps in the 15-20-rep range.
- Shorten your range of motion if necessary so that you're training in a pain-free ROM.
- Avoid going to failure and allow at least one full week of rest before working the muscle group again.
SPRAINS
Knee sprain are an acute partial or full tear to a ligament or cartilage.
- Maintain proper knee alignment while performing your exercises.
- Decrease your range of motion to remain in a pain-free zone.
- If you're suffering from cartilage damage, avoid going below 90 degrees of knee flexion during squats, leg presses and lunges.
- void bouncing out of the bottom or the top of an exercise.
STRAINS
Strains are an acute partial or full tear to a muscle or tendon.
- Avoid the exercise that brought on the strain for 14-26 days.
- Decrease your weights so that you remain pain-free during the exercise.
- Avoid going to failure on any exercise.
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