Saturday was a momentus day for me in that I took my trucker out on the road. My girlfriend and I rode about 10 miles round trip from our place in Eastlake (Seattle) to Ballard for sandwiches. It felt fantastic. I had no knee pain and my legs felt quite strong. Of course, the route [...]
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As I was on the bike on the trainer in the garage last night i noticed how much more comfortable it is for me now. I’ve been doing some intervals and have found that i only feel pain at my peak resistance.
I hadn’t spent much time on a trainer before this injury, so [...]
It’s been 8 weeks since my surgery and I’m feeling great. In fact, yesterday my PT told me I was having a “picture perfect” recovery. I’m walking without a brace all the time, still riding a bike on the trainer and doing ever more ambitious PT exercises.
Although I must say, if this [...]
Today I’m seven weeks post-op for my ACL repair. At this point physical therapy and self discipline seem to be the name of the game for me. I’m going to PT once a week now, and a typical routine looks like this:
8 minutes on a stationary bike to warm-up
8 minutes on a device they [...]
My surgeon sent me home with with a video of my surgery on DVD. Did other people get that? It’s really cool to hear his commentary while he was working on me, but some of the visuals are a little hard to stomach!
Did you get sent home with a video, or any other cool perk [...]
My recovery from knee surgery pressed on today with a six week post operative visit to my orthopedic surgeon. I told him about my fall a couple weeks ago and he quickly brushed it off after i described the motion of the fall.
After a quick exam of the knee he announced that he thinks [...]
I finally got my borrowed trainer yesterday and set it up in the garage (A trainer is a little device you can strap a bicycle into to make it a stationary bike). I was most surprised by how different the action felt than riding the stationary bike at PT. The seat height is different, but [...]
Here I am wearing my knee brace on the beach in Mexico last week. As much as I hate that thing, it does bring me a little pleasure to see that it’s covered in sand and sunscreen while i’m sitting at my desk in rainy, windy seattle.
I should be getting rid of it [...]
I’ve mostly convinced myself that Monday’s fall will not result in any permanent damage, much to my relief. That allows me to get back to the important business of building my strength and range of motion in the knee.
If there is one thing that has frustrated me about this injury it’s the 10 weeks i’ve [...]
Henry on Sahale Arm in Washington's North Cascades, with a functioning ACL
Mechanical Turducken
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