Dr. said NO more high impact workouts!
So basically I had medial and lateral tears of my meniscus. My knee has been giving me trouble here and there over the past years. Usually getting new shoes - for over pronation helps, but in the past 6 months my flare ups have been increasing, I just modify my workouts around how I feel but I don't skip them. Spinning and TR have been a blessing thanks to the suggestion of a fellow VF'r!
Friday I had surgery to do the repair and clean the knee joint up. While I was unconscious in recovery the DR talked with DH and one of the things he said is "if your wife still does high impact workouts, she has to STOP doing them immediately" Well, I was still doing Cathe's HIIT 1x per week but of course not since my injury- 3 weeks without a good leg workout that didn't cause terrible pain. And with the Cathe's I was modifying tuck jumps and stuff like that on the rebounder.
So here are some questions- yes I do plan to ask the Dr for his final ok. Is using the Jumpsport rebounder "too" much impact? My UR's will be going to the Salvation army because Yes I already know they are way firmer than the JS. Now, if the JS is soft enough- I see it as a useful tool for many things including balance. Do they have one with a larger mat surface where you could "possibly" do more cardio based moves with greater ease or am I looking for loopholes in this no impact rule. I know I will have to get rid of some workouts, possible quite a few, but, if the rebounder surface is soft enough and would not constitute being high impact once my knee is recovered I would rather invest in a larger rebounder than get rid of 1/3 of my workouts.
The doctor recommended elliptical or pool for exercise. I loved my ski machine and wore 2 of those out, might look for one of them, I have no place to put an elliptical. I have a Malibu pilates chair and have bee using it with the PilatesAnytime chair workouts and I like those, Cathe for weights, spinning - and TR for cardio. But I have a good 300 workouts down there and I know a lot are going to have to find new homes.
The frustrating part- this is a problem with my patella and the cartilage under the tip of it. My humerus/femur look great, a little wear medially but the shoes have been key with that part. At 47 I didn't expect to hear NO MORE IMPACT exercise! That includes running with the dog ;-( But I do want to use my knees for many years to come and I am really against Knee replacement- I seldom see the results being two identically matched leg lengths (I work in PT). Anyway, just feeling a little frustrated here with leg propped up doing ankle circles and exercises I Have been doing with my patients for a LONG TIME!
Grrrr!
Penny
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