Ouch!
So my latest "medical crisis"?
My right knee.
I'm sure you'll appreciate the irony that the reason my knee hurts is that I decided to stop being a couch potato and that I've lost weight and become more physically active.
My knee doesn't hurt when I am walking. But it hurts when I'm exercising, when I do squats, hamstring curls, lunges, anything that puts weight on my right leg while my knee is bent.
And sometimes, when I'm sitting or lying down, if I shift position, I'll hear a "pop", and I'll feel pain shooting through the knee.
The physician's assistant at my orthopedist's office tells me that the X rays and MRI show I have an old injury, that I likely tore my meniscus years ago, and that I aggravated the condition when I started to get active.
He prescribed a topical cream, an anti inflammatory, that I can use for temporary relief. And he is requesting authorization from my insurance company to give me injections in my knee -- a gel that will replace the missing cartilage, that will cushion the bones and lubricate the joint.
The gel lasts about 6 months - one year. The only permanent solution is a knee replacement, and he's not recommending that for me. The gel will give me relief, and gel has few side effects, so if I have to repeat the procedure, that's what I'll do.
But isn't exercise supposed to make you feel better?
My right knee.
I'm sure you'll appreciate the irony that the reason my knee hurts is that I decided to stop being a couch potato and that I've lost weight and become more physically active.
My knee doesn't hurt when I am walking. But it hurts when I'm exercising, when I do squats, hamstring curls, lunges, anything that puts weight on my right leg while my knee is bent.
And sometimes, when I'm sitting or lying down, if I shift position, I'll hear a "pop", and I'll feel pain shooting through the knee.
The physician's assistant at my orthopedist's office tells me that the X rays and MRI show I have an old injury, that I likely tore my meniscus years ago, and that I aggravated the condition when I started to get active.
He prescribed a topical cream, an anti inflammatory, that I can use for temporary relief. And he is requesting authorization from my insurance company to give me injections in my knee -- a gel that will replace the missing cartilage, that will cushion the bones and lubricate the joint.
The gel lasts about 6 months - one year. The only permanent solution is a knee replacement, and he's not recommending that for me. The gel will give me relief, and gel has few side effects, so if I have to repeat the procedure, that's what I'll do.
But isn't exercise supposed to make you feel better?
I guess the question is, do you really want to keep exercising? ;)
ReplyDeleteHave you talk to someone who would know which type of exersising you could possible do?...Like yoga...Coffee is on
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