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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today I had my first Physical Therapy appointment for recovering from my ACL Reconstruction. As I expected we started by taking measurements of how far i could bend and flex the joint as well as measuring the size of my quads, calfs and knee.
We then moved to a stationary bike where i was quickly able [...]
Henry on Sahale Arm in Washington's North Cascades, with a functioning ACL
Mechanical Turducken
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