Knee problems

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

It looks like I really am having knee problems now. One knee has been sore sporadically for weeks. For the first time ever, on Sunday it started to make a pop-noise (one of the freakiest feelings I ever had) as I climbed stairs. Monday it was basically okay but today it started the popping thing again.

Here's what I'm planning on doing about it:

- do my quad-strenghtening exercises more consistently at home
- start doing the quad-strenghtening machines at the gym too
- cut step aerobics down to only one day per week and use a lower step (this one makes me the saddest; I love step)
- if it gets sore again, I'll start icing it
- some prayer and positive energy couldn't hurt
- if the popping continues, I'll see my chiropractor about it

In the memorable words of my friend nytshd3, "It could mean that the cartilage in your knee is crapping out".

Getting old sucks. And it really really sucks when you want to workout, want to give 100% to a workout but are afraid of making a wrong move and getting hurt.

Comments

[denisia.livejournal.com]

Yikes. I'm sorry to hear about this. *hugs* Is your knee buckling or swelling at all? When my meniscus-cartilage tore, that's what happened. That's happened with my other knee injuries too, except for the dislocate. If it's popping but your knee is still stable it might not be anything too bad but I'm not a doctor, so on second thought I don't want to say what it could or couldn't be. You definitely might want to have someone look at it in any case...I'll send lots of good mojo your way in the meantime.

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

There is no buckling or swelling, so I guess that's a good sign. Thank you for the good mojo.

[lvs2read.livejournal.com]

Everything you're planning to do sounds like the best thing you could do. *G* Once you've done the strengthening exercises, I wouldn't be surprised that you'll be able to do your aerobics the way you'd like to. And if it continues? I'd definitely see your chiropractor. (I was glad to see that thought in the list, b/c that was going to be my first suggestion. *g*)

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I really hope that more regularly doing strengthening exercises will help.

[nytshd3.livejournal.com]

my internist said that strengthening exercises could definitely help (i was wearing my big heavy shoes. she said 'now if you were sitting, like you're sitting now, and you had heavy shoes on, like you do now, you could lift and lower that leg to help strengthen it' :))

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

I do hope it helps. Have been doing them off-and-on for a while but tended to stop for long periods of time when there was no pain. Not good.

Do you do kegels? I tend to not do them though I guess I should.