one leg is smaller than the other =(

[kmiller]

one leg is smaller than the other

About 2 yrs ago I had a knee reconstruction surgery on my left knee. Ever since then I haven't worked out as much as I did before. Anyone who has that surgery or any other surgery that is a result of injury knows it isn't always easy to get back on the saddle. Now I have moved past that and am ready to jump back on. Lately I have been do spinning classes 5xs a week in the morning to help me get back into shape. I feel like my knee is strong enough to start lifting weights to help build the musles in my left leg up since the atriphy took a lot of it away, but I still want to workout my right leg as well. I wanted to know how exactly I should go about doing this. Should I do more sets on my left leg than on my right. For example, if I am doing the leg press should I do 4 sets of 12 on the left and 2-3 sets of 12 on the right. Or should I do something different? I think I have about a 1/2 in. difference from my left and right and in some places it is 1 in. Any advice form y'all would appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Workout King]

Bump this, I'm in the same boat. I sliced my foot almost half off after steppin on and breaking a glass last summer and ended up laying with it propped up for 2 weeks straight. I don't like crutches so in order to get food or hit the head I hopped everywhere, by the time I could walk decently again my left leg was several inches smaller than the right...

I have been doing a few more reps on my left leg, only like 1-2 a set and seems to be helping a little but not too terribly much...

Any insights?

 

[Sub-Zero]

itl even out eventually.

just make sure when you do squats for example your not overly pushing with ur strong leg, IMO id use lower weight to handle the form perfectly and balance the weight properly on both legs instead of moreo n the dominant one