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Chas Tennis · 01-19-2013, 08:34 PM

Sitting with the trunk at 90 deg to the femur takes forces off the rectus femorus and tends to allow it to shorten, long term or short term.

My son-in-law, a software engineer, tested his posture for a tight rectus femorus. He could comfortably do the standing quad stretch with his pelvis tilted back from straight, no problem.

This website provided has a simple 5 minute test specifically for the rectus femorus and flexibility in this area. Lying on a table, etc. Do you pass that test?

The Thomas test
http://www.fix-knee-pain.com/basic-p...r-pelvic-tilt/

I'm not familiar with this test. I show tight rectus femorus on the standing quad test as on the other site, the test that my son-in-law breezes through. I wish someone had told me about this posture issue many years ago.......did it contribute to my knee injuries?........

01-19-2013, 08:34 PM	#14
Chas Tennis Professional Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1,312	Sitting with the trunk at 90 deg to the femur takes forces off the rectus femorus and tends to allow it to shorten, long term or short term. My son-in-law, a software engineer, tested his posture for a tight rectus femorus. He could comfortably do the standing quad stretch with his pelvis tilted back from straight, no problem. This website provided has a simple 5 minute test specifically for the rectus femorus and flexibility in this area. Lying on a table, etc. Do you pass that test? The Thomas test http://www.fix-knee-pain.com/basic-p...r-pelvic-tilt/ I'm not familiar with this test. I show tight rectus femorus on the standing quad test as on the other site, the test that my son-in-law breezes through. I wish someone had told me about this posture issue many years ago.......did it contribute to my knee injuries?........ Last edited by Chas Tennis : 03-27-2013 at 12:28 PM.