A knee knows

I tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in my left knee skiing at Mt. Wachusett in central Mass. on January 18, 2007. This is a common injury to weekend warriors like myself, so I thought others might like to know what happens once you've done something unfortunate like this to your body. Maybe you've injured yourself too, and feel like the game's over. However, you can return to your sport -- you just need to stay focused and do the work.

Here's where it started...



Monday, December 22, 2008

No more pain in knee, as earlier

The pain I was having playing tennis has completely stopped. I suspect that it was just a matter of getting used to serving again after a month, more or less, of not playing much. The left leg for a right-handed hitter, is the main source of power in a tennis serve. It's the leg you mostly drive from in launching upward to hit; it's also the leg you land on to complete the stroke. Since that initial experience a month ago or so, I haven't had any pain at all. But I need to step up my work to regain strength in the hamstring of my involved leg. I still have about half the strength of my other leg.

If you have any good exercises that focus especially on the hamstring, I'd love to hear about them.

Link to clip shot last year -- excellent results!