No surgery for me! Not yet, anyway.
I went to the Orthopedic surgeon yesterday to get my knees looked at. I'd damaged them about a year ago trying to do leg press with 50 pounds. Duh. Anyway...
There is no indication of patella-femoral pain syndrome anymore. Evidently, I am cured of that. There is no indication of meniscus damage. Yippie! Overall, he says my knees are strong and in good shape.
He's given me knee sleeves with the patella hole and support and they have braces up the sides. He's also prescribed me physical therapy. I'll be starting PT on the 26th.
The goal of the physical therapy and knee sleeves is to have me and my body re-learn to do things properly. That should be fun. Once that is underway, we'll work on strength and ultimately, getting me back to working out regularly. Yeah!!!
If the PT does not accomplish the goal, we may have to go in arthroscopically and check for debris or plica bands. If that happens, I'll do that and then have more PT.
I'm very happy with this because my knees are not as bad as I'd feared and I should be on the road to recovery. Whoo hoo!!!
I went to the Orthopedic surgeon yesterday to get my knees looked at. I'd damaged them about a year ago trying to do leg press with 50 pounds. Duh. Anyway...
There is no indication of patella-femoral pain syndrome anymore. Evidently, I am cured of that. There is no indication of meniscus damage. Yippie! Overall, he says my knees are strong and in good shape.
He's given me knee sleeves with the patella hole and support and they have braces up the sides. He's also prescribed me physical therapy. I'll be starting PT on the 26th.
The goal of the physical therapy and knee sleeves is to have me and my body re-learn to do things properly. That should be fun. Once that is underway, we'll work on strength and ultimately, getting me back to working out regularly. Yeah!!!
If the PT does not accomplish the goal, we may have to go in arthroscopically and check for debris or plica bands. If that happens, I'll do that and then have more PT.
I'm very happy with this because my knees are not as bad as I'd feared and I should be on the road to recovery. Whoo hoo!!!