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Another tip - I always found my knee reacted slowly. If I pushed it too hard, I couldn't tell straightaway. It took me a while to figure that out. I kept thinking that because the knee reacted well initially to exercise then I was all good. However, I'd pay in pain and swelling two days later.
Going to keep my eye on this thread, so keep up supplying all the fantastic info RGB/Dave33 Male/48/5'10"/101kgThis showed two full thinkness and two half thickness fissures on both the medial/lateral condyles of the femur as well as one each side retro-patellar, plus some early quadriceps tendinopathy. I started a lower limb physio class to strengthen muscle groups. At the same time as starting physio I started to commute to work via cycle again - I'd had a 3 month rest-up at this point). This was when I actually noticed muscle loss in my quads on the bad side. I can get up most of the hill, but I get off and walk when it kicks up to the 10% part of the climb (which thankfully isn't a long distance). I no longer have swelling in the joint and at the end of the 6 week physio class do seem to have less pain. I now only get it when climbing stairs and I 'skip' up the step on the bad knee to ensure that I don't get any pain.I assume that I will need to re-address this as/when my situation gets worse.Will I have to accept the loss of muscle in my left leg or are there any good exercises that you guys can recommend?
I hesitate to offer advice because I'm not a medical professional but more so because I think what seems OK for one knee will not be so for another.
I can second this many, many times over. I've countless left a short workout thinking "wow, my knee is not nearly as bad as I thought" and then two days later, I'm on the couch with ice bags for the rest of the week. My understanding is that the inflammation in the synovium is a delayed response to pain receptors. Regarding my pending PFJR - I've been formally given a surgery date of end of Aug, so I'm starting to feel the reality of this setting in. The one thing that is a bit troublesome is that the other left patella has been even worse than the one they plan to resurface first... so much so that I've considered going back and begging for them to do a bilateral procedure. After thinking it through, however, I've had so many surgeries that didn't end up the way I'd hoped - so it makes more sense to do this one side only, and confirm that it is the magic bullet I'm hoping for, before going "all in" on a 2 for 1 deal . How goes the skiing prep, RGB? I see the tour de france started the other day (froome took a spill early), and was wondering how you were doing.
I see Froome is on his way back. I feel conflicted about him and cycling generally. It would be nice to assume that it's all completely clean but I suspect most, if not all, of them push the medical boundaries. Is he an outlier and deserving of the negative publicity he's getting? I'm not sure - the case is not so clear as for others in the past.