When we last talked, my knees were hurting, rather a lot.
I attempted to do the workout Friday without much luck. I wasn’t winded and had to stop running because my knees, especially my left one, were hurting.
My left knee ached off and on all weekend.
Monday morning I was quite wistful that The Fiancé was moving ahead to the next week’s Couch to 5K workout, while I was stuck indoors. I put in a DVD and did that instead. I attempted to do that instead. Turns out they are serious about that being a power workout with jumps and leaps and lunges and my knee quickly, very quickly began protesting.
I hobbled a bit afterward and took an Arthritis strength BC before I left for work. Yes, workout pro, right here, who can’t do 25 minutes of exercise before needing a BC powder.
Also, I was grumpy. It rained for I don’t even know how many days straight. Thanks, Faye! And my knee, did I mention, maybe once or ten times, that it hurts? I’m sick of complaining about it, as I know everyone around me is, and I’m also sick of it hurting.
Yesterday afternoon I went to the doctor. She fussed at me for starting such a vigorous exercise program. I explained about Couch to 5K how you start doing the 60 seconds and then gradually, gradually increase. She was having none of it. She said I should have begun walking, then power walking, and then jogging. That’s too many steps for me; I’d have gotten bored and moved on to something else.
She suggested a steroid shot, which would stop the pain but as we talked, she mentioned side effects, such as sleep disruption and weight gain of three to four pounds. Uh, no and no.
She prescribed Celebrex, treating the knee with ice and heat twice a day for 10 to 14 days. “No jogging, no power walking, no jumping, no leaping, no nothing for two weeks.” She looked rather stern. She said I could stretch or what have you but nothing more than light walking.
Last night I put a heating pad, then ice on my leg. The heating pad was much nicer than the ice. This morning I tried to do a 20-minute ballet workout. No leaping or jumping or cardio. But it did involve putting all the weight on one leg, then the other, and my left knee began to twinge immediately so I had to stop. I will be a pasty globby mess in two weeks. I’m afraid I’ll undo what progress I made in the last three weeks.
I’m a bit on the fence about jumping back into Couch to 5K.Maybe I should walk and walk briskly several days a week first. Then go back to Week One. Then again, do I want my knees to ache in 25 or 30 years every morning when I wake up? Is that a given that will happen? I don't know.
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I'm living proof that some people's knees just can't do it. Bad knees are a genetic gift on my mom's side of the family, and I seem to be a recipient. I've had knee problems since I was about 14. I hope your's get better. Take it slow!
I've been really bad about the whole project. Sorry about the knee, you really do need to be careful with it. I didn't get the care I needed for my neck and that is why I am here, almost 3 years later, still dealing with it. :P
Keetha, what didn't you understand about your doctor's instructions to wait two weeks before doing anything more????? Ballet is excercise!
Relax and let your knee heal. Then start out walking for a week and see how it goes...you can progress, slowly. Your knees will tell you how quickly you can move forward from walking to jogging.
BTW, you could always do that 5K as a walker.
Hope I don't sound like a scolding momma, but knees are nothing to fool with!
Oh honey, maybe you should just heal and then swim maybe. xxooxx feel better
My dad was a runner and he fusses all the time to my hubby(also a runner) about the damage he is doing to his knees. My dad's are not too bad off but at one point they were. He began leisure walking many years ago and now walks 12 miles a day sometimes! I think his health is better now than 30 years ago when he ran marathons and fun runs.
Molly
I'm sorry! Ouch! When you're ready AFTER the doctor says it is OK, maybe you should use Couch to 5k and do a leisurely walk on the "walk" segments and brisk walk on the "run" segments, working your way up to briskly walking a 5k? Just a thought : ) Feel better.
NOOOOOOooooooo!
Oh, Keetha, I feel your pain. Literally.
And I know what you mean about being sick of it hurting, sick of complaining, and even sick of the rain (I grew up near Seattle).
But do take care of yourself. Baby that knee. Ice daily (use a bag of frozen peas) for at least 20 minutes at a time.
If you give it time to heal, then start back at some walking. Movement is movement, but ballet, aerobics, and the eliptical trainer will reinjure your knee quickly.
In the meantime, don't console yourself with food (says the emotional eater).
Well that's just great. I was doing my routine vicariously. Now what? I am sorry, though. do you have a stationary bike? They can be gentle on the knees, and get some cardio done...or there's swimming. I think we've all seen these last few weeks what swimming can do;) Feel better.
the knee pain, is not a good thing :( like I'm telling you something, you don't already know. Hang in there, walking sounds like a viable option, swimming is even better. I'd keep with the ice and heat too.
hoping for a speedy recovery.
How's the knee?
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