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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
It seems to be a side effect of my kneecap tracking to the side, which is partly congenital and partly because my inner quad isn't as strong as my outer quad. There are PT exercises I can do to help, but I'm really bad about doing them =/ I've got that. It's very common. The physio exercises are slightly effective but the better control is to tape your kneecaps over into the correct position. The muscle then seems to be activated and builds, I usually only have to do it for the first half of the ski season. You need brown tape though, the stuff that bonds to your skin. Hard to get here. ant |
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"MattB" wrote in message
... I don't consciously unweight on groomers either, but like you say the lead change is still happening. I was watching some people who were doing active lead changes today. Interesting technique. Scissoring one's feet back and forth is usually reserved for balance excercises these days. ant |
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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
["Followup-To:" header set to rec.skiing.alpine.moderated.] On 2005-02-05, MattB penned: Your Worst Nightmare wrote: We are supposed to go skiing/snowboarding in Wisconsin tomorrow (4hr drive each way), but it's supposed to be 54 degrees! How warm can it get before the skiing is ruined? Will it be slush and terrible at 54; they have a 35-40in base. It will be good if you don't mind slush. Better than when it gets cold again anyway. I don't mind slush so much but some hate it. If you hate it stay home. Matt I hate slush and I cannot lie! Of course, slush is responsible for one of my many knee injuries. Okay, fine, slush plus poor technique. Still, I find it's a lot easier to tweak my knee in "heavy" snow, like slush. I think we should recognize that there is a difference between corn snow (some mistake this for slush) and slush (some mistake this for corn). Both exist, occasionally side by side, but typically their basic difference would be defined by the freeze-thaw cycle: corn is on a frozen snowpack and slush isn't. Some would say you need an undisturbed snowpack off piste to have true corn, but I say you can get good corn on low traffic groomers sometimes, even though this is usually vastly inferior to the off piste variety. Usually you must wait to mid to late morning and follow the sun to get the goods. But you may have to adjust that to earlier in the morning to get good corn if it is barely freezing overnight. If it is not freezing, try the shadows and north-facing aspects, in-bounds, for possible corn. North-facing aspects are frequently dangerous in these conditions, so be aware if hiking OB. Personally, I enjoy corn snow nearly as much as powder. Part of the fun is being a detective trying to find the right aspect at the right time for nice, smooth, buttery, lucious CORN!!!! And the brews topside in the mid afternoon sun after the corn slushes out don't hurt none either. RAC |
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On 2005-02-09, ant penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message It seems to be a side effect of my kneecap tracking to the side, which is partly congenital and partly because my inner quad isn't as strong as my outer quad. There are PT exercises I can do to help, but I'm really bad about doing them =/ I've got that. It's very common. The physio exercises are slightly effective but the better control is to tape your kneecaps over into the correct position. The muscle then seems to be activated and builds, I usually only have to do it for the first half of the ski season. You need brown tape though, the stuff that bonds to your skin. Hard to get here. It's not something that bothers me at all while active. It's only a problem when I'm not able to move the knee, as when I'm trapped in an airplane or car or movie theater. Then I get a gradual-build-up ache that eventually becomes excrutiating, and I can't straighten my knee without great pain. I talked to my doctor and PT about taping, but in the end I decided that I hated the idea of having something around my knee while exercising. I absolutely hate knee braces, and I can't imagine this being any better. Because it doesn't bother me much while I'm actually using it (in fact, now that I think about it, I originally reported the problem because it did bother me while doing activities, but now it doesn't anymore), it seemed like it would be better to do the PT stuff. I've since discovered that another knee problem I have can be traced to a tiny muscle called the popliteus. I have an appointment this week to try to figure out if it's injured or just weak. My knees are pathetic =/ -- monique Longmont, CO |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
I talked to my doctor and PT about taping, but in the end I decided that I hated the idea of having something around my knee while exercising. Taping doesn't go around your knee. You use bits of brown tape about 4 or 5 inches long, grab the kneecap with it and tape it across into position. I don't know if they use this technique in the US (where it's hard to get brown tape). Having teh kneecap in the right spot cuts down on damage caused as the patella slides over the wrong spot, so it slows down the development of mess and stuff behind the patella. ant |
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On 2005-02-15, ant penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message I talked to my doctor and PT about taping, but in the end I decided that I hated the idea of having something around my knee while exercising. Taping doesn't go around your knee. You use bits of brown tape about 4 or 5 inches long, grab the kneecap with it and tape it across into position. I don't know if they use this technique in the US (where it's hard to get brown tape). Having teh kneecap in the right spot cuts down on damage caused as the patella slides over the wrong spot, so it slows down the development of mess and stuff behind the patella. The part where you "grab the kneecap" indicates to me that the knee is involved. I think this is exactly the technique I discussed with my doctors, as they described the same process (forcing the kneecap into position). We all decided that my problem was minor enough, and the annoyance factor to me high enough, that I didn't need to do it. Or, to put it another way, they described the process and I said, no, I just can't see myself ever doing this before a workout. If the problem gets worse, I might change my mind. And yes, I saw where you said that it would slow down damage. According to my doctors, I'm not causing more damage to my knee with my activities. -- monique Longmont, CO |
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On 2005-02-15, ant penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message I talked to my doctor and PT about taping, but in the end I decided that I hated the idea of having something around my knee while exercising. Taping doesn't go around your knee. You use bits of brown tape about 4 or 5 inches long, grab the kneecap with it and tape it across into position. I don't know if they use this technique in the US (where it's hard to get brown tape). Having teh kneecap in the right spot cuts down on damage caused as the patella slides over the wrong spot, so it slows down the development of mess and stuff behind the patella. Oh, and I'm not saying I don't appreciate the advice and your input. I do. I just have an absolute dread of having anything tight around my knee like that, and I'll do just about anything to get out of it. Honestly, I think returning to my taekwondo roots is going to do more for balancing my quad strength than any amount of taping or PT. I'll just have to see, though. -- monique Longmont, CO |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
If the problem gets worse, I might change my mind. And yes, I saw where you said that it would slow down damage. According to my doctors, I'm not causing more damage to my knee with my activities. If it is hurting, and if the patella is sliding over the wrong stuff, and it's inflamed, the back of your patella is roughening. At some point it gets peeled off and they scrape off the mess before the whole lot gets stuck. ant |
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On 2005-02-15, ant penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message If the problem gets worse, I might change my mind. And yes, I saw where you said that it would slow down damage. According to my doctors, I'm not causing more damage to my knee with my activities. If it is hurting, and if the patella is sliding over the wrong stuff, and it's inflamed, the back of your patella is roughening. At some point it gets peeled off and they scrape off the mess before the whole lot gets stuck. 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 Under Runner's Knee they say, "The knee pain is worst after sitting for a prolonged period of time or when getting out of a chair." I've also had the grating sensation they describe, although not recently. I don't know if taping would help in this case. Maybe it would, because the way you describe it, the taping actually helps the muscle behave, which might help me even when sitting? I don't know. Maybe it's time for a followup with my PT, but they won't see me unless I got to the orthopedist first *sigh* Part of the problem with diagnosis is that I have a number of knee issues, and it's hard for me to figure out what to describe when I'm talking to a doctor. I have kneecap tracking issues according to an orthopedic surgeon, but I haven't felt the "catching" or anything else in my kneecap area while doing activities for a year or so now, probably thanks to the PT exercises and other activities I've been doing that have strengthened my thighs. I also have arthritis in my knees, so I get aches when the weather is changing or when it's dark and cloudy. And finally, I have a problem in the back/side of my knee that I now think is related to a muscle called the popliteus. I'm seeing my massage therapist this week so that we can try to figure out if it's injured or just underdeveloped. -- monique Longmont, CO |
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On 2005-02-15, TexasSkiNut penned:
Has your orthopedic surgeon mentioned doing a lateral release arthroscopically to fix your patella alignment problem? I had one done on one of my knees about 15 years ago after therapy had little effect on relieveing my chondromalacia. As long as I'm at least moderately active riding my bike, the knee is fine. I don't recall exactly what he said, but either surgery wasn't an option or my case really wasn't severe enough. I didnt' see the doctor again after he sent me to the PT, but the doctor did warn me that it would take months, maybe even a year, for the PT to prove effective. To be honest, I've been such a slacker that I couldn't claim I gave the PT a real shot. Honestly, if I have the choice between surgery and having my knee hurt on long car trips, thus far I'll choose the knee pain. If it gets worse or prevents me from doing the things I love to do, I might reconsider. -- monique Longmont, CO |
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