What Muscles Helps Prevent Knee Hyperextension. Heel slides are an excellent activity for this. Quad sets strengthening the quads thigh muscles by contracting holding and releasing the muscles placing a rolled towel under the knee for support if lying down.
Knee strengthening exercises do not affect the knee joint directly but they strengthen the muscles surrounding it. Prevention of knee hyperextension involves maintaining adequate strength in the muscles surrounding the knee particularly the quadriceps as well as including a proper warm up and cool down before. Quad sets strengthening the quads thigh muscles by contracting holding and releasing the muscles placing a rolled towel under the knee for support if lying down.
Wear a brace on your knee elbow or ankle to give your joint some additional support especially if you ve had a hyperextension injury in the past.
Doing hyperextended knee exercises will help strengthen the muscles that support your knee making it easier to bear weight and get you back to moving normally. But the major structure that prevents hyperextension is the acl or anterior cruciate ligament. If you were to tear your acl i can hyperextend your knee by stretching your hamstrings manually. The four quadriceps muscles help hold the front of the knee together by connecting the front of the thigh and pelvis to the front of the tibia by way of the kneecap.