Post arthroscopy recovery and training
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richardirving
Post arthroscopy recovery and training
Looking for advice on return to cycling after an arhroscopy on the left knee. The consultant was not particularly helpful about cycling (outside his experience, perhaps?). No cartilage/ligament damage, but some bone damage to the kneecap/thighbone joint noted. Walking again, but climbing stairs and hills are occasionally painful. Any similar experiences out there?
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gar
Re:Post arthroscopy recovery and training
Done with a camera like the cartilage op today?
There is so much of a fashion to suffer from arthritis it is difficult even to mention the possibility of prevention and even natural cure.
Now your bone has been damaged as well as the cartilages and things, perhaps you will be able to set out on a natural recovery.
Surgeons are very keen on their trade, and if you complain often enough to a GP he will gladly forward you to somebody else to give you something more to complain about.
Prevention by :
1)WARMTH when you suffer bone pain
ar ANY age, even childhood.
2) Soft Cushion(s) when seated for a long time,
eg in car, to correct poor, necessary sitting posture.
3) Remedial exercises,(gym aerobic club)
getting more vigorous.
4) At least 1 hour's vigorous exercise a day; Inactivity makes you feel cold; you are!
5) If you get more pain anywhere FIND the precise muscle leading to the pain , which is causing the trouble and do everything you can to flex it.
Cycling is excellent for this, but does nothing for back posture at all.... bad for it.
If you cycle and do aerobic exercise for the upper body, then you have got nearly all you need.
There is so much of a fashion to suffer from arthritis it is difficult even to mention the possibility of prevention and even natural cure.
Now your bone has been damaged as well as the cartilages and things, perhaps you will be able to set out on a natural recovery.
Surgeons are very keen on their trade, and if you complain often enough to a GP he will gladly forward you to somebody else to give you something more to complain about.
Prevention by :
1)WARMTH when you suffer bone pain
ar ANY age, even childhood.
2) Soft Cushion(s) when seated for a long time,
eg in car, to correct poor, necessary sitting posture.
3) Remedial exercises,(gym aerobic club)
getting more vigorous.
4) At least 1 hour's vigorous exercise a day; Inactivity makes you feel cold; you are!
5) If you get more pain anywhere FIND the precise muscle leading to the pain , which is causing the trouble and do everything you can to flex it.
Cycling is excellent for this, but does nothing for back posture at all.... bad for it.
If you cycle and do aerobic exercise for the upper body, then you have got nearly all you need.
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gar
Re:Post arthroscopy recovery and training
Very few Surgeons ride bikes because they see very bad cycling accidents in the operating theatre and
it puts them off.
Motorbikes are usually just broken legs; cyclists are usually worse.
They avoid perceived danger of any sort and stick to the squash court, where they just get
the occasional black eye.
it puts them off.
Motorbikes are usually just broken legs; cyclists are usually worse.
They avoid perceived danger of any sort and stick to the squash court, where they just get
the occasional black eye.
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Karen Sutton
Re:Post arthroscopy recovery and training
I had an arthroscopy via keyhole surgery on my left knee almost exactly two years ago. I was off my bike completely for only ten days. I then set up my bike on the trainer indoors and did short, very gentle sessions daily for a couple of weeks. I ensured that I had low gears on my bikes and went out on club runs again about two months after the operation. So long as I keep it warm, (I use kneewarmers even with tights in cold weather), and don't push high gears, then I can ride as much as I did before, probably more as the knee is not swollen now. On really steep hills I will get off and walk rather than grind the joint. One upside of this is that wear and tear on the drivetrain is less!
I find that inactivity causes the joint to stiffen up, and a gentle warm up is essential at the start of any ride.
I find that inactivity causes the joint to stiffen up, and a gentle warm up is essential at the start of any ride.
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gar
Re:Post arthroscopy recovery and training
On really steep hills I will get off and walk rather than grind the joint.
It is the sightly bent posture of the knee which is difficult to deal with which is probably y u do this then?
It is the sightly bent posture of the knee which is difficult to deal with which is probably y u do this then?
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gar
Re:Post arthroscopy recovery and training
When one is unable to use the knee or leg at all
for some time as in my case, it is very easy to rip the cartilage just by a very simple move.
It does not matter though; people make a lot of fuss about cartilage but it is more often a matter of getting the muscles into proper shape than removing bits of bone or cartilage.
Regrettably the surgeons are not in business to prevent but to make incisions with knives and remove "offending" parts; it is not my way of choice.
Holism is.
for some time as in my case, it is very easy to rip the cartilage just by a very simple move.
It does not matter though; people make a lot of fuss about cartilage but it is more often a matter of getting the muscles into proper shape than removing bits of bone or cartilage.
Regrettably the surgeons are not in business to prevent but to make incisions with knives and remove "offending" parts; it is not my way of choice.
Holism is.