Hey there
My knees have been quite sore with the swimming ( probably pushing off the wall and kicking drills seem to bother me) My hubbys Uncle is an ortho and he told me just to swim through it ( as I am not going to do anymore damage). Which I am. I guess losing weight is key. Also strengthening the muscles around the knees.
Obviously they don't hurt enough to stop but they are more sore than before I swam. I kind of thought swimming was supposed to be good for this type of thing.
So I want to hear other peoples stories about arthritis and swimming.
Thanks
Katie
slknight,
since you mention biking and LCM,
I am told that Biking is really good for the knees, as it builds the muscles around the knee, therefore making it stronger. Makes sense to me, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to fit anything in other than the 10 min/3.2-4 miles I do to start out my therapy sessions.
Also, with pool length, they moved the bulkheads back to the middle of the pool and instead of swimming scy width-wise turning on two concrete walls, we're now swimming SCY 50m-length-wise, with 1 bulkhead and one concrete wall. I am interested in seeing how that works out with my knee, but as I've mentioned previously, last week was pretty good for the bender!
slknight,
since you mention biking and LCM,
I am told that Biking is really good for the knees, as it builds the muscles around the knee, therefore making it stronger. Makes sense to me, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to fit anything in other than the 10 min/3.2-4 miles I do to start out my therapy sessions.
Also, with pool length, they moved the bulkheads back to the middle of the pool and instead of swimming scy width-wise turning on two concrete walls, we're now swimming SCY 50m-length-wise, with 1 bulkhead and one concrete wall. I am interested in seeing how that works out with my knee, but as I've mentioned previously, last week was pretty good for the bender!
