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February 26, 2007 / Monday
Behave, Knees, Behave!
I woke up this morning with mildly sore left and right knees. I drove into work, and by the time I made it to the office, my right knee had worsened. I limped to my desk and took some ibuprofen.
I called Kaiser, told them that one of my knees hurt so badly over the weekend that I couldn't stand, and that my current knee pain was interfering with driving and walking. They sent an urgent note to my doctor, and I got an appointment with a backup doctor for the end of the day. Pretty good turnaround. I'm pleased.
The backup doctor was nice, but not very thorough, I felt. I'd gone through the trouble of documenting every knee-aggravating activity this year (along with other activities and motions that don't bother my knees), along with the types and locations of pain. He did a cursory check of my knees, listened a little to what I had to say, ordered some X-rays, and told me I had Patellofemoral Syndrome. That didn't explain the pain I had along the ITB of the left knee, but he did say he would refer me to sports medicine if the symptoms didn't go away after a week, so fine.
Until then, I'm supposed to rest and go shopping for knee braces with patella holes. Then, when my knees feel better, stretch and slowly ramp up on bike mileage and ride every other day or so. (Go figure, he said 30 miles once a week was not a good idea.) I guess I need the weather to clear so I can start riding to work. At least it stays light late enough for me to ride home without bike lights now.
Blow away, rain clouds, blow away!
But not before my knees feel good enough to ride to work and back.
February 26, 2007 08:38 PM | Injuries