What Is Vmo Muscle
That Section of the Muscle That’s Just Above the Kneecap Is Referred to as the Vastus Medialis Oblique (Vmo). Your Vastus Medialis Helps to Stabilize Your...
That section of the muscle that’s just above the kneecap is referred to as the vastus medialis oblique (VMO). Your vastus medialis helps to stabilize your kneecap and keep it in line when you bend your knee.
What exercises work VMO?
- VMO Activation. Sit upright in a chair, with your knees bent, ball between your knees and your feet flat on the floor. …
- Ball Clench Extensions. …
- Twisted Leg Raise. …
- Ball Bridges. …
- Ball Wall Squats. …
- Vastus Medialis Stretch.
What is weak VMO?
Sometimes a weak VMO can develop through bad training habits, but often the VMO becomes weak because of an underlying problem in the knee, of which there can be many. It is usually the first muscle to show signs of an underling problem, and this should not be ignored.