I have had KNEES for several years now, meaning that I didn’t used to be aware that they were there and then suddenly I was. Stairs were no longer my friend and as for getting down on my knees (yoga, pilates) forget about it. Those days were gone. But this is the first time I have been hit with such a sudden blast of severe stabby pain through my knee (left one) that my leg almost buckled under me and even taking small careful steps afterwards was excruciating. It kind of wore off after a bit, or at least the pain became bearable, but omg what a shock. I almost went to Emergency to get it looked at but then decided to wait it out a bit to see if it improved on its own. For now I’m using a stretchy cloth bandage wrapped around the area but also have one of those “knee sleeves” winging its way to me.
I wondered if this had anything to do with the Chair Yoga/Pilates I’ve been doing, but that stuff is supposed to alleviate or prevent knee pain. In any case, I couldn’t lift my leg in a sitting position now for all the iPhones in China, so any lower body exercise is off for the moment. Gaaah, it’s always something.
So dammit! Years ago I used to run almost every morning. It was the only aerobic exercise that I enjoyed. Then when I reached 40 my lower back and hips gave out, so I had to stop. And so I bought a bicycle and took regular jaunts along the river (though it actually felt like more exercise lugging the thing up and down three long flights of stairs). More recently I’ve taken to riding the recumbent bike at the gym, where I actually get a good sweat going, usually riding for about an hour.
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