So it's been a week and my knee still hurts ... shit!
I can walk without discomfort, but even walking for an extended period I feel like something in my knee is rubbing. Standing up, sitting down, going up stairs or up a hill and going down stairs or down a hill cause pain :-(
I went to the doctor today and he either told me to get a condo in Malaysia or that I had chondromalacia. I remember hearing the term from David on the old T.com site and had a basic idea of what it was. The doctor gave a really good explanation and filled in the blanks in my memory ... then he told me I should be icing it ... shit, I hate icing ... then he told me no running for at least a week, but I'm supposed to keep walking.
I looked up chondromalacia when I got home to fill my head with more useless information and on a couple of sites they call it "Runner's Knee." So does this mean I'm a runner?
Here's what I found while Googling (this should cheer you up): "Chondromalacia is interesting in that it often strikes young, otherwise healthy, athletic individuals."
ReplyDeleteSo you can consider yourself a young, healthy, athletic runner to boot.
But seriously, isn't this one of those ailments that's traced back to tight IT bands? For me, regularly foam-rolling them (the outside of my upper legs) has been a huge help. Be warned, though. It's way worse than icing.
A condo in Malaysia would be preferable to icing, but then I am the cold-natured type.
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