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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
It's only hurting when I have to keep my knee bent for more than an hour, like in the car, airplane, or movie theater. My knee doesn't typically hurt when skiing or biking, but it does start to hurt on the motorcycle because I'm not moving it enough. I think it *did* hurt during activities when I originally saw the doctor about it early last year. It doesn't anymore, but if either knee has to stay bent for an extended period of time, it "locks" and keeping it bent aches, while trying to straighten it causes me to yelp in pain. My knees do still pop a lot. Ah, he http://health.allrefer.com/health/ch...es-images.html that article is incredibly simplistic. Mine hurts going up or down stairs, or when clicking into my skis. However, now I'm tape-free because skiing with my kneecap in the right spot (from taping) eliminates the problem. I have some funny excersises to build the right muscle but they are annoying to do. They involve co-contracting the weak muscle. Oddly, when I'm not skiing, the problem becomes worse and going up or down stairs is very unpleasant. I don't tape when not skiing, which is part of the problem. ant |
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On 2005-02-16, ant penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message http://health.allrefer.com/health/ch...es-images.html that article is incredibly simplistic. Well, I was just looking for something that mentioned the "pain when sitting" symptom. I have found more detailed articles in the past, but we've both talked to doctors, so we probably have heard it all before. Mine hurts going up or down stairs, or when clicking into my skis. However, now I'm tape-free because skiing with my kneecap in the right spot (from taping) eliminates the problem. I have some funny excersises to build the right muscle but they are annoying to do. They involve co-contracting the weak muscle. Oddly, when I'm not skiing, the problem becomes worse and going up or down stairs is very unpleasant. I don't tape when not skiing, which is part of the problem. I guess I'm lucky in that mine don't hurt when *doing* things anymore; just when I'm sitting in place too long. I guess it's a not-so-subtle message to get off my butt. What exercises have you been given? My PT said that stretching was at least as important as exercising (so of course I've been doing neither). In addition to having weak(er) inner quad muscles, my outer muscle and tendon is extremely tight, so much so that when I lie down with my legs danging off the bed, my knees don't bend much at all. Hrm, I haven't actually tried that in a while; I should see where I am. So one exercise is actually to just lie down like that and try to hold my knee bent as far as I can for at least 30s. Another is to stand on one foot on a stair step and bend the knee I'm standing on until my other leg touches the next level, I think twenty times or so. Another is simply to do 10 or 20 wall-sits, staying in position for a count of 5, but not bending my knees too far to see my toes. There were a few more that I'd need to look up to remember; some of the stretches were pretty hard to do. There was one that simply required an elastic band to be tied around an object and my upper calf; I had to stretch it by pushing my heel to the ground. The tough part was keeping my hips out of the action. The ones I remember, though, I really should be doing more often. They're not that hard. -- monique Longmont, CO |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
... On 2005-02-16, ant penned: "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message http://health.allrefer.com/health/ch...es-images.html that article is incredibly simplistic. Well, I was just looking for something that mentioned the "pain when sitting" symptom. I have found more detailed articles in the past, but we've both talked to doctors, so we probably have heard it all before. Mine hurts going up or down stairs, or when clicking into my skis. However, now I'm tape-free because skiing with my kneecap in the right spot (from taping) eliminates the problem. I have some funny excersises to build the right muscle but they are annoying to do. They involve co-contracting the weak muscle. Oddly, when I'm not skiing, the problem becomes worse and going up or down stairs is very unpleasant. I don't tape when not skiing, which is part of the problem. I guess I'm lucky in that mine don't hurt when *doing* things anymore; just when I'm sitting in place too long. I guess it's a not-so-subtle message to get off my butt. What exercises have you been given? Well, to stretch the outer quad, so you lie on your face, grab one foot, and then hook the under-leg's heel over the knee to pull the outer quad of the upper leg down. the strengthening is to co-contract the inner quad whenever possible. but to sit with legs out front, prop leg with a rolled up towel under the back of the knee, and then lift the lower leg while contracting the inner quad and holding it. then loading up the foot with weights while doing the same thing, and holding for longer periods, but being sure to contract the inner quad while doing so. I found that annoying and tended to cheat on it. taping is easier and very effective, and it also awakens the dormant quad muscles to re-build and re-activate. Today I did lots of big powder bumps sans tape and there was zero pain and the knees were strong. ant |
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