tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post2271027410612915696..comments2024-03-13T11:19:08.598-07:00Comments on Saving My Knees: Another Success Story, With a TwistRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960907174716515553noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-60119779063980022942019-12-04T06:10:23.173-08:002019-12-04T06:10:23.173-08:00Would you mind describing your "patella-focus...Would you mind describing your "patella-focused" warmup?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-15554758123690893252019-11-15T20:56:10.959-08:002019-11-15T20:56:10.959-08:00Hi I Will Heal Again! (love your name). I know you...Hi I Will Heal Again! (love your name). I know you've posted this almost 3 years ago, but I was wondering what tests you've run to find out your diagnosis. A bone density test? I very much too feel like I have had a bone bruise for a year and a half, with chronic swelling as well. How are you doing these days?<br />- Caroline Caroline Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01647963929870647974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-39189691603282964162017-05-01T05:07:03.145-07:002017-05-01T05:07:03.145-07:00A pistol squat? I can only dream... My hamstrings ...A pistol squat? I can only dream... My hamstrings would snap!Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-16885809751979836452017-01-29T17:48:50.641-08:002017-01-29T17:48:50.641-08:00So happy to hear you found healing! A win for anyo...So happy to hear you found healing! A win for anyone suffering knee pain feels like a win for us all.<br /><br />I considered working through my pain until I realized I was dealing with a bone contusion, also known as a bone bruise. In my case specifically it's an interosseous bruise, but there are a couple other types of bone bruise.<br /><br />A small part of the inner part of my medial femoral condyle is injured, which is causing pain. Some of the trabeculae (erratic web compartments in layman's terms) are broken or injured. It's basically the period of weakness before a stress fracture, so working through it would actually cause me more damage unfortunately.<br /><br />Congratulations again on your progress! I'm happy for you :)<br /><br />TSMI Will Heal Againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-12334361344840567402017-01-15T15:17:06.027-08:002017-01-15T15:17:06.027-08:00Yeah I had an mri and determined to have bone brui...Yeah I had an mri and determined to have bone bruise on mfc and small lesion and mild bruise on patella. Was limping badly, back hurt. Got better at 4 month point just walking - then overdid it and had a huge setback.. still not that good at 6 month point. Def don't want to make that mistake again. Going to do pt to work on strengthening knee.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-6495163682985079082017-01-05T21:25:51.449-08:002017-01-05T21:25:51.449-08:00I've been experimenting with sissy squats as w...I've been experimenting with sissy squats as well for warmup. I go down to about 90 degrees knee flexion. My knees are mildly painful during the first 5-10 mins but they stop hurting after the quads are warmed up. Going to see how it feels over long term.Supermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661477353348168296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-38672159375953788282017-01-05T19:13:35.025-08:002017-01-05T19:13:35.025-08:00I've been experimenting with sissy squats for ...I've been experimenting with sissy squats for the past few weeks after reading Tims original comments. I do them in a frame at the gym so I can take a little weight on my arms. They certainly blast your quads, but as I only go to about 70deg knee flexion, don't load the knee so much. As I found with some other heavier load/low rep exercises, they seem to cause me less bother on subsequent days than say moderate cycling. I'll let you know how it goes over the longer term.TriAgainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-92155288292036120252017-01-04T11:05:25.437-08:002017-01-04T11:05:25.437-08:00This sounds a little bit like the cure I used for ...This sounds a little bit like the cure I used for my arms. I had RSI and found that strength training helped a lot. I've also gotten relief from lower back pain by doing a few heavy leg presses.<br /><br />However, in both cases, they weren't pains that were very responsive to rest. I wonder whether Tim had the pattern of healing overnight the way some of us do.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123413735523666081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142068982446715373.post-25569158035680016922017-01-01T18:13:51.535-08:002017-01-01T18:13:51.535-08:00Thank you for sharing this success story. I was mi...Thank you for sharing this success story. I was misdiagnosed as having chondromalacia by a local orthopaedic surgeon and so I believed this diagnosis until Dr Scott Dye took a look at my MRI images and declared that my cartilage is healthy. Proper imaging investigations are very important, as long as your doctor doesn't rely on the radiologist's report for diagnosis. (My first diagnosis was 'ACL sprain' despite the absence of acute injury, and the treatment I received for this first of two incorrect diagnoses was what left me with such severe chronic knee pain.)<br /><br />It's amazing how differently individual people's knees respond to different treatment approaches. Every time I have given 'training through the pain' a serious try, I have been reduced to using crutches to get around for a week afterwards. The only approach that improves my knee pain is avoiding all aggravating activities, NEVER bending my knees (which means sitting with my feet elevated), and restricting myself to less than 5000 steps per day. Amy Stevenshttp://www.myafricanadventures.netnoreply@blogger.com