Knee Knews
I asked my PA to examine both knees today. The good news: My right knee (the one I injured two weeks ago) was tender, but it didn’t “click.” My PA now suspects I may have just pinched the meniscus or bruised some cartilage. I may be fortunate enough to get a full recovery.
The left (bad) knee came out as expected. It not only “clicked,” but it did some “grinding.”
I spent 30 minutes on the bike this morning, starting at manual level one. As each minute passed, I increased the workload by one. When I reached 15 (the highest resistance the bike has to offer), I stayed there for three minutes then stepped down to level 11 for several minutes before stepping down to level nine for the last several minutes. No pain while working out, but the right knee was less than happy this afternoon. Was that because of the workout, because I forgot the durned brace, or a combination of the two? I don’t know, but I’m going to put some ice on it tongiht.
Ho-ly! You can do the highest resistance level for a few minutes? I’m happy if I can turn the pedals once 🙂
So despite your knees your legs are quite strong. I’m impressed!
Hope your knees are better and that y’all feel better 🙂
As a ‘PT’ by day, writer/mother/schizophrenic by night, I say ice ice baby. AND water activities would be better at this point, really.
SO, I could dance around this OR come right out with it – I want on your blog roll. We can do this the easy way, or the Tish way. How do you want it?
The Tish way involves leeches, twine, and cod liver oil. Isn’t pretty or painless – but will induce rapid weight loss.
Tish, I’ll be happy to toss you onto the blogroll. I just put you onto my Bloglines subscription a couple weeks ago–decided I should quit getting to you via Holly’s site. Of course, rapid weight loss could be good…
Ice is wonderful — almost sinfully so (I’m not sure even you would believe how exhilarating it was after my physical therapy after last year’s knee surgery). I agree on water activities (although swimming always hurts — my knees feel like they’re going to fly off when I kick; a Navy counterpart gave me a hint about how I might avoid that last week), but the recumbent bike is readily available and doesn’t hurt to use. Walking — either treadmill or street — is still painful. For the last 21 years (that’s when the knees first began to bother me), cycling or walking has been the only viable alternative to running. Running hasn’t been a viable alternative for the last year and a half, so I’ve been relying on cycling and walking. I’m not fond of cycling…