Well that didn't last long. My good streak that is.
I seem to have a pattern. Good streak happens, I am happy with my activities and level of effort, feeling confident, maybe a new milestone happens (like trail running) and BOOM another setback. Typical. Not being pessimistic, it's just how it's been. Over nine weeks ago my bike fell on my knee. It was during the Teton biking trip. The bike dropped from well above my head, so quite a bit of force. It was really sore afterwards, but I managed to run a week after it happened albeit with some soreness. Activities resumed, but I could manage the soreness (this is the non ACL leg). I guess I had "too big of a week" because I got a pretty bad flare up. Puffy kneecap, tenderness, stiffness, pain; felt much like patellofemoral pain but with more swelling. This derailed things for over 3 weeks and it's still not over as I type this. At the 3 week mark, I did see an ortho surgeon. His Dx was:
Bone bruises typically resolve in 12 weeks, but if it's not feeling better or I have another flare up I am to go back in 3 weeks where they may schedule an MRI. It's already set, and I can cancel if I'm feeling better. He didn't think there was any ligament damage despite having some soft tissue pain/tenderness as well as the kneecap. The week that set this off started with my 29 mile birthday bike ride (my previous post). Then by the end of the week we had a great 4 day trip in Idaho with hiking, biking and a little running. I thought my knee did really well over all, I didn't have too much extra soreness. But when I returned home, I did question if I should resume with Wednesday rehab run or not because of the residual soreness I had in the non ACL knee. I think that may be what I need to watch for - if I'm questioning the activity in the first place due to pain, then maybe error on the side of don't do it. Even with the bone bruise but before the flare up, I had some plans that had to be removed from the calendar. I wanted to backpack over the 4th of the July. I wanted to a triathlon in July. I wanted to do a mountain bike race which is this weekend. No crazy distances, but I felt I could totally do them and not be dead last (nothing wrong with dead last), and have fun. They were all local events. Those are off the table now. I think the disappointment finally a little planning/dreaming and then it was taken away is the sad part. I found it very hard to plan and didn't let my self plan for a long time due to the disappointment, but I actually felt ready to plan out something. Didn't work out. For the last 3 weeks I couldn't hike, lift, bike, or even walk without pain. This was pretty sad. Now I'm out of the flare up and I can hike and resume some rehab, just no double legged squats yet. I cannot run yet due to increase in pain, and I'm not sure about biking yet. I may find that out soon.
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AuthorA 45 year old active female who tore her ACL in January 2017 (at the age of 40). Reconstructive surgery in February 2017 with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Archives
November 2022
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