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Quadriceps Strengthening

The Quadriceps Strengthening is strengthening of the four muscles namely rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius. It helps improve the kneecap balance and stability, protect knee joint, athletic ability. At home quad exercise are body weight squat, walking lunges, step-up, Bulgarian split squat, lateral lunge or side lunge, squat jump, box jump, reverse lunge, single leg raise, and single leg squat or pistol squat.

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What are some exercises for waist pain in a 60-year-old?

Query: Hello doctor, My 60-year-old mother weighs 67 kg and is with a height of 5.2 feet. She is taking Eltroxin 50 mcg for hypothyroidism, Olmezest 20 mg for hypertension, Gemcal D3 and Kondro OD for osteoarthritis of the knee joints and Folvite for mild anemia with a hemogl...  Read Full »


Shakti Mishra

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Well, quadriceps and hamstring exercises alone will not help in getting the waist pain corrected. She needs to do trunk rotation exercises, slow and rhythmic rotation to each side of the body left and right. Repeat them twice a day for a count of 15 times each....  Read Full »

What kind of exercise would help with the discomfort in thigh muscles due to injury?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a 22-year-old male. I played soccer throughout my teens competitively. Five years ago, I injured the muscle in my thigh, what I presume was a tear of which I sat out from sports for a week or two, however, was rushed back into playing by my mother who thought I was faking the inju...  Read Full »


Sreenivasa Rao

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your concern. In my opinion, you had a tear in your quadriceps muscle which has not healed properly and got reinjured again within less time. So there is a possibility that a scar formed on the torn area of the muscle leading to stiffness and numbness is due t...  Read Full »

My knee cap is very sore. Can I continue my cycling tour?

Query: Hello doctor,I am on a cycle tour. We have cycled approx 200 km over last 6 days. Yesterday my knee cap started hurting and today it is very sore when I ride, especially uphill. It mostly does not hurt when walking though. Do you think it is dangerous for my knee to keep riding even though it is sor...  Read Full »


Sreenivasa Rao

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your concern. I think your quads are too tight pulling your knee cap up and your hip flexors are also equally tight. I recommend: Roll your quads on top of a foam roller and stretch quads and hip flexors in side lying position. Do some spinal extensions ...  Read Full »

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