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Oh congratulations on the new extended family member!
A mile at three months is a good distance.... and yep that's a cause for "feel the burn" in your quads, which is ok as long as the walk didn't create uproar in the joint.
Re extension.... I found stretching not highly effective; the extension I gained didn't seem to "stick". I thought about it and decided that since tense muscles can't let go I needed to work on relaxing the thighs and hamstrings.
I sat up with my new leg comfortably extended, not straining at all. Each hand went on one side of the knee, above and below the joint. Focusing on keeping muscles relaxed I used my hands to gently jiggle my knee up and down - not pushing it down, just raising it a little and then letting it go but still letting it rest within my hands. It absolutely didn't hurt and this jiggling seemed to be more effective than manual stretching by PT.
A mile at three months is a good distance.... and yep that's a cause for "feel the burn" in your quads, which is ok as long as the walk didn't create uproar in the joint.
Re extension.... I found stretching not highly effective; the extension I gained didn't seem to "stick". I thought about it and decided that since tense muscles can't let go I needed to work on relaxing the thighs and hamstrings.
I sat up with my new leg comfortably extended, not straining at all. Each hand went on one side of the knee, above and below the joint. Focusing on keeping muscles relaxed I used my hands to gently jiggle my knee up and down - not pushing it down, just raising it a little and then letting it go but still letting it rest within my hands. It absolutely didn't hurt and this jiggling seemed to be more effective than manual stretching by PT.