You are treating a 17 year old football player who injured h…

You are treating a 17 year old football player who injured his left quadriceps muscle during the game last Friday night. During goniometric measurement, you record the patient’s left knee flexion to be 5-110/113 degrees. Upon discussion with your supervising PT, he informs you that you are to initiate gentle stretching of the quadriceps and that excessive stretching of the muscle fibers is contraindicated at this time. Based on this information, you decide to perform the quadriceps stretch in: