AntonioGG Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 So now when someone asks, "does anyone have a corkscrew?" you have a story to tell after answering "In my ass" 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 Started PT today. Will be slow and easy for a while but it feels good to be doing something. How's it going with you @Anita Handle? Are you rehabbing yet? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 10 hours ago, throet said: Started PT today. Kick its ass. My PT started with slowly using a hand bike with one hand. Every day got better, it's worth the pain and effort. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenfool Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Just remember that PT stands for Physical Torture. This, combined with the fact that most mountain bikers are at the very least closet Masochists make this a match made in heaven, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Handle Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 13 hours ago, throet said: Started PT today. Will be slow and easy for a while but it feels good to be doing something. How's it going with you @Anita Handle? Are you rehabbing yet? Yo, thanks for asking. I had my arthroscopy done three weeks ago as of today. Was able to jettison the crutches after 24 hours and do an easy, easy bike ride within one week. No PT with a therapist but I've been doing the prescribed exercises and inching up the ride time by 5 or 10 minutes every day or two as my knee allows. I rode for 1.5 hours the day before yesterday and it was a bit sore the next day. Overall, I think I'm recovering like I should be but it does suck to be losing fitness as the days slide by with no intensity. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 59 minutes ago, Anita Handle said: Yo, thanks for asking. I had my arthroscopy done three weeks ago as of today. Was able to jettison the crutches after 24 hours and do an easy, easy bike ride within one week. No PT with a therapist but I've been doing the prescribed exercises and inching up the ride time by 5 or 10 minutes every day or two as my knee allows. I rode for 1.5 hours the day before yesterday and it was a bit sore the next day. Overall, I think I'm recovering like I should be but it does suck to be losing fitness as the days slide by with no intensity. If you've got a gravel or road bike doing some light spinning on a hike and bike might help you get there a little quicker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Chief said: If you've got a gravel or road bike doing some light spinning on a hike and bike might help you get there a little quicker. It's good to see Anita Handle getting some spins in. I'm 6+ weeks post-op and all I can do on the stationary recumbent is move the pedals back-and-forth in the mid-zone. The focus for me initially is isometric exercises and gentle static stretching, along with getting back to normal walking gait mechanics. Overstretching the hammy at this stage could spell disaster for me; so I'm going to just take it slow and easy with gradual progression for another 6 weeks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 For me, after my ankle break, the most depressing thing was losing 3" in calf circumference (they measured that and range of motion on my first day), but it came back fairly quickly just working hard at it. Y'all keep hitting the PT as hard as the Dr. allows you. You'll get there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Handle Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Chief said: If you've got a gravel or road bike doing some light spinning on a hike and bike might help you get there a little quicker. Oh yeah, I'm strictly on the streets and hike and bike path. I can't tolerate any hard jarring and want to avoid the chance that I would need to suddenly catch myself with my affected leg like we have to do more often than we realize when riding off road. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Fortunately I haven't been injured, but with all the humidity I've been riding my gravel bike everyday for the last 30days doing 20miles a day. The fitness level is night and day. Good luck to all of you injured riders and keep in mind the only thing you're missing right now is HEAT AND HUMIDITY. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 8/29/2019 at 4:37 AM, TheX said: Kick its ass. My PT started with slowly using a hand bike with one hand. Every day got better, it's worth the pain and effort. Just finished my third week of PT. Initially I was on the recumbent bike and could only move the pedals back and forth without full rotation. Now I'm spinning comfortably on the upright bike, albeit with little resistance. Also squatting pretty deep on a machine that adjust to neutralizes your own body weight, but still lets you work on range of motion. Still have to go up stairs one at a time, can't reach my right foot, and have not resumed driving yet. Overall though, my spirits are much higher now and I've also resumed my upper body gym workouts along with all of my at-home PT exercises. With the initial prognosis being 6 months to full recovery, I'd say I may actually be a little ahead of schedule but I don't want to get over optimistic. Getting ready to buy a new HIIT machine for the house so that when I do end up getting back on the bike, I won't be suffering on the cardio side. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, throet said: Also squatting pretty deep on a machine that adjust to neutralizes your own body weight, but still lets you work on range of motion. The moon machine is what I called it. I had to do treadmill wearing that harness. I hated it but got me up and walking faster. Great to hear your spirits are higher. Awesome news on the progress! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 49 minutes ago, AntonioGG said: The moon machine is what I called it I call it the Hannibal Lecter machine because of the way it lays you down and then stands you straight back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notyal Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 17 minutes ago, throet said: I call it the Hannibal Lecter machine because of the way it lays you down and then stands you straight back up. Whew, I thought you were gonna say "because it has a reputation of eating people." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 1 hour ago, throet said: Getting ready to buy a new HIIT machine for the house so that when I do end up getting back on the bike, I won't be suffering on the cardio side. How about a gravel rig? You can come do some miles with me in the mornings. It definitely improves your cardio.😀 I think I'm somewhere around 800 miles since July 22. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, Chief said: How about a gravel rig? The machine's for the whole family. What if I just put some skinnier tires on my XC Race HT and lock the fork out? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 9 hours ago, throet said: I call it the Hannibal Lecter machine because of the way it lays you down and then stands you straight back up. Sounds like a different machine. The one I had to use was like one of those bouncy baby harnesses, big weight-lifting looking rack with this contraption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 22 hours ago, throet said: The machine's for the whole family. What if I just put some skinnier tires on my XC Race HT and lock the fork out? That'd work too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Bug Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Has anyone thought about aqua jogging for knee rehab? Can be boring, but it's zero impact in the water, so could be a nice respite from the heat at Barton Springs or Deep Eddy. You can even do structured workouts: runnersconnect.net/coach-corner/aqua-jogging-for-runners/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Handle Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) blorp Edited September 20, 2019 by Anita Handle meant to quote JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Handle Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 17 hours ago, June Bug said: Has anyone thought about aqua jogging for knee rehab? Can be boring, but it's zero impact in the water, so could be a nice respite from the heat at Barton Springs or Deep Eddy. You can even do structured workouts: runnersconnect.net/coach-corner/aqua-jogging-for-runners/ I haven't considered such a thing. I don't have easy access to a pool. It *feels* like riding is good for the knee but I think I have a tendency to go harder than I should and end up sore for a day or two. Or maybe I should be sore. IDK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Whatever you do, don't actually try walking on your pool's bottom as a workout unless you wear some kind of shoes. Epic blisters! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenfool Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) Having broken the Tibia Plateau on both legs (a decade apart), each required hours of surgery and bling in the form of Stainless Steel, I can share how both of my surgeons emphatically recommended bicycling as the best therapy for my recovery. The way it was explained to me: Riding builds up the muscles that support the knee, so even if the repaired injury is not as strong as it used to be the Quads and other muscles can take up the slack if they are kept in good shape. Riding also circulates nutrients to the knee joint, which is the ONLY way those building blocks for repair get to those places that do not have blood circulation to carry stuff to where it is needed. Before I could ride after surgery the first surgeon suggested sitting on a table edge and swinging the leg back and forth as often as I could to help get the good stuff into the joint where it was needed, and also to reduce accumulation of scar tissue in the joint. After the second injury I was provided a machine that cycled my leg through range of motion while I slept. That machine made recovery from the second surgery much easier. Edited September 20, 2019 by Ridenfool 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I bought my XC bike while I was still in rehab and hardly able to walk yet. I knew I wasn't going to be doing my old style of riding for a long time, but I was back at Walnut about 3 months in. It was HARD at first, but I got though it. Cycling helped me not just physically, but mentally as well. I learned to really like this bike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, TheX said: Cycling helped me not just physically, but mentally as well. My wife meditates every day and always tells me I need to try it. I tell her I already do every day, but I am in motion while I do it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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