I am still limping and hurting from trying out those Bosu ball stepovers from Friday (good god!), but there is a slight improvement with each day. Not quite ready to resume my last good workout. I don't want to set it off again.
I was thinking about what happened, why did something so simple set me back and leave me in so much pain. At first I get in such a funk when the pain is so disabling. I'm unable to see the forest through the trees. I can't focus on anything positive. However, Bosu ball step overs are essentially like step downs off a bench or block. If you see how long I've consistently been doing my exercises, it's really only 6 weeks (minus that week of vacation so like 5 weeks). I think I had it in my head that I'm 8+ months along and did the same move for 4 weeks - I should be able to move on! But there was very little strength training going on months 3-6 (with the light conditioning, then full rest), I actually have NOT been working out for that long. Step downs got me before in the past. I probably shouldn't try them for several months again. Alright, feeling a tad better emotionally. I don't feel so doom and gloom right now! I was able to bike 10 minutes in the morning and evening VERY slowly and no resistance yesterday, then 10 minutes this morning too. Even then I worry if that will biking set off the knee, but some movement has to be better than no movement? I also rolled my knee back and forth on a Swiss ball while lying on the ground, to passively move the knee. It sure is quite stiff and swollen in there. Bending actively still hurts. Below is a quote that works for me. It came from The ACL Club's Instagram page. Yeah, hopefully this will be a chapter that I can just look back on sometime in the future! Do you have a slow ACL story too?
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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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