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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / March 2004good knee news
Hurray - went to Orthopedic surgeon today after my regular medical doctor had a fit, a nice fit, but a fit that I was still planning to lift knowing the results of my MRI on my right knee. Basically, he said while my knee is a mess and needs arthrosopic surgery, he does not believe I have any ruptured ligaments and has given me the green light to compete on Friday. I am literally walking, albeit with a slight limp, on Cloud 9. He will readjust my patella, which has moved laterally and then I will be doing rehab just like JayJay, and will clean up my two meniscus. Eventually, the left knee will have to be done since I have the same patella thing on that one. There are other tendinitous issues, and that IT band thing but that is sort of not horrendous stuff. I am just so happy that I can lift on Friday...will be out of comission for a while after that, but hey....I'll just do some body building. At least, Tom didn't laugh when I suggested that, although he did say at my age, it would be more body sculpting. I have no idea why some people love to remind me how old I am (my youngest child is the same way). Anyway...now it's off to the gym to give the good news to Ahmed. Elise > Hurray - went to Orthopedic surgeon today after my regular medical doctor > had a fit, a nice fit, but a fit that I was still planning to lift knowing [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Elise This is great news, Elise. Have fun at the competition. I'm hoping these sore knees aren't contagious. My grandkids *used* to kid me about my age but they quit that once I got in shape and can out last them on the bike trails and skating. Now when they help me with yard work they're always the ones whining to take a break<g> Beverly "Beverly" wrote: > This is great news, Elise. Have fun at the competition. I'm hoping > these sore knees aren't contagious. Oy vey - I had the same thought while I was happily running again last evening. I decided to squeeze my exercise ball between my thighs since JayJay indicated strenthening the inner thighs was a good idea (correct me if I'm wrong). I need to not get hurt much more than be able to run.  SignatureWalking on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 > > This is great news, Elise. Have fun at the competition. I'm hoping > > these sore knees aren't contagious. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > JayJay indicated strenthening the inner thighs was a good idea (correct me > if I'm wrong). I need to not get hurt much more than be able to run. That is what they tell me. At least in my case. It a matter of strengthening all the thigh muscles equally. That way you don't get one stronger than the other that cause it to pull the patella off kilter. So far the exercise I'm doing are: Start with calve stretch Then stepups onto a small stool Then incline Squats using one of those body weight things (pilates or the thing that Chuck norris promotes) Then onto the table for what is considered the "around the world". Start with straight-leg leg extensions Then outter thigh side leg lifts Inner thigh side leg lifts lay on belly with feet hanging off bed and do rear straigh-leg lifts Other side outer and inner thigh lifts So you just do a circle around the body to work each area of the thigh Then there is the ball squeeze Then the butt lift Then the butt lift with feet up on a swiss ball Stretching - using a jump rope Straight leg stretch Outer IT band stretch: Both legs out straight - take one leg with the rope around foot and in hands, left up, then over across the body to feel the stretch in the outter thigh. I think that's it at this point in pt. Of course I'm doing this with very light weights. >Hurray - went to Orthopedic surgeon today after my regular medical doctor >had a fit, a nice fit, but a fit that I was still planning to lift knowing [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Elise That is good news. I hope you do well on Friday, I've gotta ask, as I'm getting confused. Who is Tom? On the torn meniscus, are they going to have you do the surgery for that or is there a possible fix w/ PT? > >Hurray - went to Orthopedic surgeon today after my regular medical doctor > >had a fit, a nice fit, but a fit that I was still planning to lift knowing [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I've gotta ask, as I'm getting confused. Who is Tom? Tom is the head trainer at our gym. He has been training Chris for several years in various types of strength training and I have been with him for a little over one year. I train 2 days a week with Tom - now olympic style, after the competition he is going to branch out with me trying to give my knees a break, trying to do something more conducive to weight loss, trying to expose me to different stuff until I can get back to my first love. The only requirement I have after the competition is that I want to be sure that some kind of strength training is a part of things. I have no desire to lose the strength I've worked so hard to achieve! Ahmed is strictly an olympic style weight lifting coach and I work with him 2 days a week. > On the torn meniscus, are they going to have you do the surgery for > that or is there a possible fix w/ PT? They are going to clean up the meniscus when they do the lateral release on the patella. PT does follow but my understanding was that it was mostly for the patella thing. I am a little bit nervous regarding getting around on crutches...mostly the step thing since there are a zillion steps in my house, but I understand the recovery time is fairly quick. Elise. > Tom is the head trainer at our gym. He has been training Chris for several > years in various types of strength training and I have been with him for a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > lose the strength I've worked so hard to achieve! Ahmed is strictly an > olympic style weight lifting coach and I work with him 2 days a week. Ahh.. I follow now. I've always thought that Ahmed was your trainer, and I wasn't sure where Tom fit in - for a bit I thought he was a hubby or something, but it wasn't adding up. :-) It all makes sense now. > > On the torn meniscus, are they going to have you do the surgery for > > that or is there a possible fix w/ PT? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > crutches...mostly the step thing since there are a zillion steps in my > house, but I understand the recovery time is fairly quick. Yick, ouch, yuck.. <shudder> Usually they put you in a full leg brace for a while after a surgery like that. You learn to walk straight legged like that to get around without the cruches when you are hobbling around the house. I've never dealt w/ crutches - my sister was the expert on that one. (she sprained or broke somethign at least once a season). You get to the point where you don't use the crutches to get up and down the stairs - just use the arm rails to help guide you. Hey Elise, I am glad to hear that your knee isn't as messed up as it could be! I hope you do well in the competition. Best wishes. "Elise Converse" > Hurray - went to Orthopedic surgeon today after my regular medical doctor > had a fit, a nice fit, but a fit that I was still planning to lift knowing [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Elise > Hurray - went to Orthopedic surgeon today after my regular medical doctor > had a fit, a nice fit, but a fit that I was still planning to lift knowing [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Elise Great news Elise! Best of luck in the meet this weekend. BTW, what kind of changes in your routine would be needed to switch to body building? (just curious - not intending to go that route) Jenn > > Hurray - went to Orthopedic surgeon today after my regular medical doctor > > had a fit, a nice fit, but a fit that I was still planning to lift knowing [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > You know, I have absolutely no idea what I've asked for....just that it will make me feel like I am keeping my upper body strong. I actually like the look of a well muscled woman....not the really, really weird huge ones, but I wouldn't mind nice definition. Of course, it will do me no good to build those nice muscles if I hide them under fat....soooo weight loss is a part of that. I could also just do general strength training too. I do know that I have discovered I like pushing myself to lift increasingly heavier weights...I am not the type who worries about bulking up. Chris, Kathy and I are all basically kindred spirits in that regard. When I know what it entails...I'll let you know! Elise. . . Elise wrote: > Hurray - went to Orthopedic surgeon today after my regular medical > doctor had a fit, a nice fit, but a fit that I was still planning to > lift knowing the results of my MRI on my right knee. Heh . . heh . . . I just love giving them fits. Great news Elise - good luck at the meet! SignatureWalking on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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