I have this problem since forever (apt also).
My rectus femoris muscles are VERY tense. If i stretch them they really hurt and it feels like no matter how much i stretch they always come back to being tense and contracted.
I bought a standing desk but while this apparently helped with my low back, the rectus femoris issue is still there.
I figure i must be doing something all the time with them that they revert to being tensed?
First ski of the season this past weekend - went out for an easy, relatively flat ski of about 45 minutes. Monday morning - what I believe to be my rectus femoris (the very top of my thigh, but not quite into the hip area) is so incredibly painful that it hurts to walk!
My husband never gets this, and we're both fit and regular athletes, so...what am I doing wrong??
IN SHORT: Title, plus rectus femoris is like STEEL. It has gotten so bad that it has internally rotated my femur and then my tibia, which has caused flat foot/overpronation. Finding it really hard to walk. Helpppp!!!!
When I flex glute to neutral, my rectus femoris feels like steel when I poke it.
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Have tried: Typical APT strengthening/stretching exercises. Foam rolled/used lacrosse ball on quads. Have recently been doing back extensions for glutes/hamstrings.
Hi guys. This is my APT. A few months ago I anyway had some slight APT, but then I did some ab routine which had leg raises in it. After 9ish days of that routine, my rectus femoris got ridiculously tight and pulled my whole pelvis down.
2 months later, it remained. (9 days of ab work out permanently tightened quad??).
I decided to do some quad stretches. Couch stretch and lunges. 6 sets of 40+ seconds. (3 sets when I wake up, 3 sets later on in day.) My rectus femoris is still like steel, didn't help at all. (12 sets in a day)
2 months later to present day, my rectus femoris is still ridiculously tight.
What do I do?? I really need advice.
Thanks.
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To me it makes sense because it appears it pulls the front side of the pelvis down.
My story is that when i was 17 i was playing football and kicked a ball high way too hard with no warmup. I immediately felt something was wrong in the middle if that weapon but i pushed through the pain as i was goalkeeper anyway.
Pain got much worse over the course of next few weeks and i had to tap out of any physical activities.
It eventually faded in a year but my injured leg felt very tense on the injury site whenever i was stretching. Sometimes its milder but always there.
I started developing back problems a few years later and now i am 34 and have a serious apt situation going.
I am not saying this is the only reason, i am sure my long sitting hours, no exercise, being tall etc contributed, but was wondering if the leg injury could have played a role and whether it still does. And if stretching and massaging it regularly could somewhat fix apt.
I have apt, working on fixing it, don't get much physical exercise at all but have a standing desk i use a lot.
While i am not consistent on my pt, i still got to know how tense some parts of my body are.
My amazement comes in relation to my rectus femoris muscles on both legs (more so on my right leg).
They are always a pain to stretch, take the longest AND if i take a couple days break they get as tense as before, like i did no PT whatsoever.
I was wondering why is it that these muscles in particular are so extreme?
I have a bad case of apt and slav squatting always makes me feel better. i would assume its because it flexes my lower back opposite to what apt does.
however i also feel better when i do stand up stretches for rectus femoris (standing in one leg and pulling the other back towards my glutes with my hand).
i was thinking, does the slav squat also stretch the rectus femoris/ i tried visualizing the move and i can't tell by myself
