Watch this collegiate soccer player performing single-leg squats. He is rehabbing a left-sided anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and meniscus repair. The single-leg squat is an excellent exercise to build strength, power, and endurance, especially when paired with blood flow restriction (BFR bands). Performing three sets of thirty repetitions on a twenty-inch box is very challenging. The BFR bands are ideal because the low load, high volume exercise creates an anabolic environment to facilitate building muscle by stressing the muscle without overloading the injury.
Strobe eyewear is used to increase the challenge of the exercise to improve his dynamic joint stability by training the sensorimotor system to enhance proprioception. The research with strobe eyewear for knee rehabilitation (including ACLR) has investigated neuroplasticity for visual-motor training.
The clinical reasoning is
❌ Disrupted afferent input
❌ Altered proprioception
❌ Altered efferent output
❌ Change in postural control
❌ Change in movement control
The change in movement control is the reliance on visual feedback to maintain neuromuscular control. Treatment with strobe eyewear is utilized for visual-motor training with criterion-based exercise progressions.
As always — train both legs!
Effective and efficient rehab is criterion-based, not time-based.
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Always consult your physician before beginning any exercise program. STOP exercising if you experience any symptoms of weakness, unsteadiness, light-headedness/dizziness, chest pain or pressure, nausea, or shortness of breath.
Performing these exercises should not cause pain. If you experience pain while exercising, decrease the speed of your movement. If the pain persists - STOP. Mild soreness after exercising may be experienced after beginning a new exercise.
