A PT question...what would you do?

[KnottedYet]

One of the leg machines is the seated leg extension. I have been told by several Sports Med docs and several trainers that this is a very bad exercise if you have knee issues.

1. Should I express my concerns? Just trust her judgement? Tell her I just don't like it?



2. They have me scheduled next week for back to back days, Wed and Thurs. I always thought you had to wait 48 hours between weight sessions.

Should I be doing those machines and exercises two days in a row?

What do think?

1. Express your concerns! If your gut instinct is that you don't want to do that machine, ask her to show you some "closed chain" exercises that will work the same muscles appropriately.

2. Back to back appointments aren't very cost effective from the patient's standpoint. A person generally gets more out of PT if they have a day or two between each visit. (did they book you back to back to squeeze a third visit into the week?)

Edit: the range of motion isn't so much the worry to me on leg extension machines, it's the shear force running across the joint line. Injured knees cope better with compressive force than with shear force.