Hi folk!
This problem's actually easing up somewhat but I thought it might be worth getting your input anyway.
I've been having a knee problem lately that slowed down both swimming and running. Both are picking back up again, and doing better right now w/ the swimming. But for one thing: some knee pain when pushing off walls and/or kicking--and mostly the first few kicks right after a turn. (Don't know if this is relevant, but I haven't been doing flip turns lately. Kind of lost the art and have decided to hold off on that and work on other skills for now.)
As noted, there's been some improvement: needed a pull buoy for most of my swim when the problem was at its worst; now I use it less and I've gone from ridiculously slow to my "normal slow." ("Fast" or even "fast for me" are goals now.)
Your thoughts? Thanks!
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Well, if your sister needs someone to do a study on, I am not too far away - maybe 30 mins. I was told that, essentially, my femur had rubbed away the cartiledge behind both my patellas, so I was having bone-bone contact and it's going to be hard for them to repair themselves. They told me the fancy medical term for that...but now I honestly don't remember what it is. They were thinking for awhile I had torn the miniscus in each knee, but luckily that wasn't the case. Sorry if I butchured any of that spelling. :confused:
side note: Have I swum against you? I'm not THAT fast.
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Former Member
Well, if your sister needs someone to do a study on, I am not too far away - maybe 30 mins. I was told that, essentially, my femur had rubbed away the cartiledge behind both my patellas, so I was having bone-bone contact and it's going to be hard for them to repair themselves. They told me the fancy medical term for that...but now I honestly don't remember what it is. They were thinking for awhile I had torn the miniscus in each knee, but luckily that wasn't the case. Sorry if I butchured any of that spelling. :confused:
side note: Have I swum against you? I'm not THAT fast.
