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- Jul 11, 2003
Piel, 400 pounds are two tons!! I've been in physical therapy and I know if one has a problem with movements, the therapists are extremely cautious with weight. In my case it never went beyond 10 pounds and when it was complete I went to the gym on my own and increased it to 70 pounds.Piel said:Joe they start out gradually. First with electrical stimulation the progress to the patient tightening the muscle themselves, to gradually being able to raise the leg, and then beginning with 1/2# increase the weight. This IS NOT used with joint replacment. It is very common with patellar tendon transplants, Goldwaithe procedures, Maquet patellaplasty, tibial tuberosity transplants (to restore function to the patellar tendon), meniscus, ACL.....
Just called Charleston Area Medical Center's Sports Medicine Department to check my facts.
BTW I remember a physical therapist telling me in 1971 that the then communist countries routinely used electrical stimulation on their healthy athletes in order to build stronger muscles quickly.
For what part of the anatomy would one use 2 tons?
Steroids plus weight lifting builds big muscles. Just look at Arnold. When a young slender Gabriela Sabatini came back the next year, she was accused of using steroids. It was just the passage of girl to woman.
Joe