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...


Friday, March 16, 2007

First week post-op

Had the best night's sleep yet since the procedure a week ago. The knee was feeling a little tight so I took an 800mg ibuprofen before getting into bed. Also, with the sutures out and the ace bandage and knee brace off, I was finally able to get comfortable. Felt great.

This morning I combined my knee exercises with shoulder rehab, and even swung a racquet a bit. It's been 4 months since I played tennis, and I'm definitely missing it. The shoulder felt pretty good. It had been bothering me a lot the week leading up to knee surgery so I knocked off the shoulder exercises altogether. I had just been overdoing it I think. The break really helped.

Next week I'm hoping to be able to start working the knee on the recumbent bike at the gym. I need to burn some calories doing something real or risk fattening up, which will only put my knees at further risk.
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