Lesson for the day
The lesson for today is: Sometimes it isn't about me. Sometimes it's about physics.
It wasn't that I'm more out of shape now than I was two months ago. I can stop beating myself up about that. Nope. Both of my tires badly needed air. It's amazing what a difference a few PSIs make.
Update on my knee for the interested
I dislocated my left kneecap back in April. No bones were chipped, but a visit to my new orthopedic surgeon confirmed a tear in my medial collateral ligament (the ligament that runs along the inside side of the knee joint.)
Last week after re-examining, and going through range-of-motion and weight stress testing, we sadly confirmed my suspicions. The ligament was torn much worse than we had originally thought. We should have insisted on the MRI, and should have kept me in the immobilizing brace for another two weeks before letting me start working it.
The good news is that we haven't done permenant damage, I just have to be patient and slow. More strengthening exercises. More bike riding. More water aerobics. Less walking, fewer stairs. NO RUNNING. (He jokingly told me not even to watch Olympic track events).
So there you have it.
It wasn't that I'm more out of shape now than I was two months ago. I can stop beating myself up about that. Nope. Both of my tires badly needed air. It's amazing what a difference a few PSIs make.
Update on my knee for the interested
I dislocated my left kneecap back in April. No bones were chipped, but a visit to my new orthopedic surgeon confirmed a tear in my medial collateral ligament (the ligament that runs along the inside side of the knee joint.)
Last week after re-examining, and going through range-of-motion and weight stress testing, we sadly confirmed my suspicions. The ligament was torn much worse than we had originally thought. We should have insisted on the MRI, and should have kept me in the immobilizing brace for another two weeks before letting me start working it.
The good news is that we haven't done permenant damage, I just have to be patient and slow. More strengthening exercises. More bike riding. More water aerobics. Less walking, fewer stairs. NO RUNNING. (He jokingly told me not even to watch Olympic track events).
So there you have it.