Thursday, July 16, 2009
Week 6 1/2
And I'm out of commission for cardio for AT LEAST 2 weeks. I have what is called patellofemoral pain (check it out here), as well as a grade I sprained MCL (check it out here mine is caused by excessive stretch, not blow to knee.) The nice Dr. McIntosh calmly advised me that I am not to even consider running again for at least 6 weeks, and maybe even up to 3 months. After that time, if I do decide to run again and I get the pain again, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RUN........EVER. If I do, I run a VERY HIGH risk of snapping the ligaments, which will result in surgery. Yeah, um.......I want to cry. I have been doing so good at getting my times down. I mean, come on! I played soccer for four friggin years and NEVER ONCE jacked up my knees. Maybe my ankles....but not my knees. And better yet, I could understand this happening if it was my bad knee.....the one where I fell 10 ft out of a tree, and landed completely wrong on my leg (in the hot Kansas summer...so imagine the stiffness of the ground...only good thing was it rained the day before) and never received treatment for it. I mean, I have a twisted lower leg...and it didn't get jacked up from running. It has a slight case of the patellofemoral pain, but NOTHING like my left leg. I'm so angry. All I want is to be active again. I didn't realize how much I missed running until I started getting my confidence back. So, I WILL try running again...maybe after 8 weeks. I will begin walking after 3 weeks and work my way back up. The nice Dr. did suggest to me to purchase an elliptical or a stationary bike. I'm cleared to do either of those after 2 weeks. She said that some people really just can't run...even if they did it before for a long time. It's just not fair. That's my take. :(
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I suffer from many recurrent bouts of patellafemoral pain syndrome and have since my very first year in the Navy. Even excessive walking, especially from a treadmill, will make my knee start clicking and then hurting again. Did the doc give you any muscle relaxers or pain meds? Both have really helped me. Not sure if I have ever sprained my MCL. Sounds very painful. Don't get discouraged and at least you can still do some exercises. It's not what you do but it's that you do something no matter how small you may think it is. Your body might not think it's small and it might even thank you for variety by letting you lose more weight.
ReplyDeleteChristina, I'm so sorry. Don't lose faith, because you have motivated me to actually get out of the house and work out again. I don't think you truly understand how much better I've felt this week by putting myself on a schedule to work out like I use to. It's because of you! This is just a minor setback in your journey and I'm sure you will tackle it with grace. You will be running again, I believe that. Keep your head up girl! I miss you!
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