Three weeks ago, I
raced the YWCA Indoor Triathlon. My knee held up fine - I had some pain 2 weeks before that.
Then 3 days after that race, my knee hurt on an easy run. I called that my last run for a while, and just kept swimming and biking.
This past week, I finally went to see Dr. Folske for some A.R.T. on my leg. He thinks somethings a little tight or "caught up" around my knee, but that it shouldn't be too big of a deal. He REALLY worked my knee and quad well, and apologized for (probably) ripping out some hair. Here's what my leg looked like once I got back to my car post-visit:

It doesn't come through too well, but that's a LOT of red.
Then the next day, I saw Robert at
Element Wellness Group for some acupuncture. He ran some electricity through my leg: a bit on the top through a tight part of my lower quad, and then a long section on the bottom along the outside of my knee:

My leg twitched from the electricity during the entire 30 min session!
I realized what part of the issue was a week ago when I saw Folske and Robert: when I first had the knee pain 5 weeks ago, I took some time COMPLETELY off. When it came back, I kept swimming and biking, and it didn't get better. I noticed this when I printed out my training plan to take to Folske. See? Have a look:

(Purple is aqua jogging or bike training/spinning.)
My knee still isn't totally better. Folske hoped I could run this past weekend, but I'm not there yet. We'll see how much longer before I try swimming, biking, or running again. Hopefully soon! In the meantime, I'm stretching, heating, massaging, and trying to take care of this knee! Fingers crossed!
Man, your shoes! Look at your shoes
ReplyDeleteLuis, I know you keep thinking my shoes are too thick, but every running analysis I have (in running shoe stores or my physical therapists) says I need some support. They're not super clunky, they're just "mid-range."
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