Does Cathe have a scar on her knee?
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stayfit
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This is what Cathe answered in a question about her injures. She talks about her surgery at the end.
: Cathe Friedrich Tue Dec-10-02 12:54 PM
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#20634, "RE: Cathe - have you had any injuries?"
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Hi Winter! I actually have achilles tendonitis which flairs up from time to time if I find myself pushing it a bit too hard. I developed this very early on in my teaching years when aerobic and fitness classes were absolutely nothing like they are now. The only fitness shoe available at the time was the Reebok walking shoe and most aerobic/fitness certifications did not even exist at the time. Fitness classes did not contain the safety, education or structure that they do now and therefore injuries were much more common.
Back then, I worked for Elaine Powers and we all removed our shoes upon entering the spa and did the 12 minutes of cardio jumps during a 60 minute calisthenic routine in our socks. I also taught aqua aerobics in an outdoor cement pool. Again, at a time when there were no water shoes or fancy water gadgets to cushion the landing for barefeet on the cement pool floor. Many times the members could not see what my legs were doing in the water and I would get out of the water and do the routine on the concrete walkway around the pool so that they could follow the routine better(OUCH!!!). Needless to say, years of this unstructured teaching environment took its toll on my body.
Thank goodness those days are long over and more importantly thank goodness that these days the fitness industry is completely established and instructors have a wide variety of educational tools to work with and safety issues appropriately addressed.
I still find the achilles tendon sensitive at times since mine is a chronic condition, but I have learned what I need to do as soon as it flairs up to get it under control. That is ice, stretch, advil, a couple of days off, and then ease back in for the next three days before resuming my normal level of activity.
As for my ACL reconstruction (knee surgery), that was due to a skiing accident. That was a very long and painful recovery and set me back from my workouts for about 9 months.
Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie.
: Cathe Friedrich Tue Dec-10-02 12:54 PM
Charter member
3929 posts
#20634, "RE: Cathe - have you had any injuries?"
In response to Reply # 0
Hi Winter! I actually have achilles tendonitis which flairs up from time to time if I find myself pushing it a bit too hard. I developed this very early on in my teaching years when aerobic and fitness classes were absolutely nothing like they are now. The only fitness shoe available at the time was the Reebok walking shoe and most aerobic/fitness certifications did not even exist at the time. Fitness classes did not contain the safety, education or structure that they do now and therefore injuries were much more common.
Back then, I worked for Elaine Powers and we all removed our shoes upon entering the spa and did the 12 minutes of cardio jumps during a 60 minute calisthenic routine in our socks. I also taught aqua aerobics in an outdoor cement pool. Again, at a time when there were no water shoes or fancy water gadgets to cushion the landing for barefeet on the cement pool floor. Many times the members could not see what my legs were doing in the water and I would get out of the water and do the routine on the concrete walkway around the pool so that they could follow the routine better(OUCH!!!). Needless to say, years of this unstructured teaching environment took its toll on my body.
Thank goodness those days are long over and more importantly thank goodness that these days the fitness industry is completely established and instructors have a wide variety of educational tools to work with and safety issues appropriately addressed.
I still find the achilles tendon sensitive at times since mine is a chronic condition, but I have learned what I need to do as soon as it flairs up to get it under control. That is ice, stretch, advil, a couple of days off, and then ease back in for the next three days before resuming my normal level of activity.
As for my ACL reconstruction (knee surgery), that was due to a skiing accident. That was a very long and painful recovery and set me back from my workouts for about 9 months.
Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie.
lorrayne
Cathlete
Yes, Cathe did have surgery on her knee. Here's her response to a previous post regarding this:
"Yes, I had a full ACL reconstruction about 9 years ago (wow, where did the time go. It seems like it was only a couple of years ago). I did it skiing. I don't really have any problems with it (knock on wood). If at times I feel that my knee has been exposed to too much intense activity for too many consecutive days, then I simply cut back or take a few days off so that I don't aggravate it."
"Yes, I had a full ACL reconstruction about 9 years ago (wow, where did the time go. It seems like it was only a couple of years ago). I did it skiing. I don't really have any problems with it (knock on wood). If at times I feel that my knee has been exposed to too much intense activity for too many consecutive days, then I simply cut back or take a few days off so that I don't aggravate it."
67firecracker
Cathlete
It's funny you should ask that. Just today I was doing an old video Bodymax and during squats the camera focuses in on her knee and stays there. Her surgery scars are quite visible. My non-exercising dh was walking by and he burst out laughing and said "I think the cameraman is trying to send his own messages - 'You'll kill your knees if you keep doing this!'LOL"
It's good to hear that it's from a ski accident. I'll have to wave that in his non-exercising face!
Trish
It's good to hear that it's from a ski accident. I'll have to wave that in his non-exercising face!
Trish