Trying to cope with this knee…
WEll the other day my knee started to bother me. I had a lot of pain in it and I could hardly even put any weight on it. I tried to take it easy that day and was feeling better the next morning. Well that is until I went for a short 2 mile walk at a very slow pace. IT acted up again. It has been doing that on and off now for a few days. I have been wearing an ace bandage on it when it hurts and taking tylenol and that seems to help it for a while.
I was talking to my parents today on the phone and found out my dad has a doctor’s appointment on Thursday of this week. He sees the same doctor I do and I am going to sneak in with him during his appointment to have the doctor check out my knee. I am beginning to worry that it is something serious seeing that the pain has become more intense and lasts longer each time. It is usually triggered by walking down the stairs or standing up after sitting.
So due to this stupid knee pain I am finding it hard to get in my walking, and I really don’t know what other kind of exercise to do that doesn’t involve me using my knee. I thought that I could do the BL DVD but that has so many lunges and things that my knee would never make it. Then I thought that maybe I could use my Walk away the pounds dvd’s but that would be worse than trying to walk outside. I have to keep my body moving but I don’t know what to do. I just hope that this knee thing isn’t something too serious, I don’t need that right now.
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oh man…that stinks on multiple levels…
the pain, and not being able to exercise! I am so sorry…I hope and pray it is not something serious!
I hear you on the Knee pain, Could you be developing Arthritis? My right knee is a killer, and I can tell you exactly when its going to rain, snow, or if its going to be extremely hot out, cause of the Humidity in the air. I had to have surgery on my knee a long time ago, cause I tore it in Kickboxing, and after the Surgery I developed Arthritis in my knee.
I remember Doctors always telling me my knee gurt because of my weight. So I was about to give up. and just except the fact that okay its my weight, until I saw a great doctor who beleived me that it wasn’t my weight. I am 24 and I have the knee of a 90 yr old. I can recomend some great ointments that take the edge off the knee pain, and Tylonol arthritis works great to. I’m really hoping you just bumped your knee, or maybe slept on it funny, cause my knee has hurt for 5 years and I still can’t get used to the pain.
Keep your chin up, and I hope your Doctor is a great one!!
I also know alot of exercises that takes the edge off knee pain.
Robyn
Let us know what the doc says. I really hope its nothing serious.
The only thing I know of is the pilates video I mentioned in the forum. I think there is only one exercise that you are up on your knee for a second.
I hope it gets better soon!
Rest the knee, take a fwew days offand maybe use some hand weights?
That is frustrating. I hope it is nothing serious. Keep us posted.