Saturday, July 10, 2010

Genoux

Hi Team,

I'm encountering some trouble with my knees.
It worries me.

Since I left Saint John NB, I've had this feeling in my right knee like something is about to crunch, for lack of a better term.  Tends to come on about midway through the day, and is worst if I'm trying to stand up and ride (which is sometimes a nice change of pace, or helpful on a small hill). 
It was worst until about Quebec City.  The ride from Quebec to Montreal was a bit better, and the terrain had been getting easier.
My other knee has always maintained a dull ache that i tend to ride through, but its been getting a bit worse lately.

I'm going to see what the ride from Montreal into Ontario is like, after resting for a few days, and hopefully track down a physiotherapist or something in Ontario to see what they say.

The way it is now, I think i would be ok to make it to the rockies, but probably not over them.  Or maybe i could, but I think i'd rather be able to walk afterwards.

Any comments/suggestions/recommendations are welcome.  I've bought a knee brace and some advil.  But I'm not too sure what more i can do.   Leanne introduced me to the possibility of repetitive strain, which makes a lot of sense.  6-10 hours everyday i use the same group of muscles with little chance to work on the muscle groups that support those muscles.

So i'll see what i can do to sort this out.  Just want to keep you updated.

Wahn wohn wohn.

5 comments:

  1. RSI sounds about right. check with marty!

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  2. Well if you need a ride through the rockies let me know when you will be near there. I can give you my brother's contact info! :)

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  3. Hope the physio appointment helps you out, it would suck to have to stop now! Love you/miss you soooo much!

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  4. your legs are getting unbalanced. your biking muscles are bigger than your other leg muscles, pulling your knee bits out of the ideal alignment. if you were not biking across the country i would suggest mixing in other forms of exercising (running swimming etc) to help balance out your muscle groups and prevent the knee pain. but you're biking across the country, so i'm not so sure. plus you're not a baby or a paediatric person and you're taller than 2feet so i really truly don't know what to suggest.

    fingers crossed for you though :)

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  5. where are you? you've fallen off the earth. stop doing that.

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