I injured my knee a few days ago. I felt a “tweak” in the back crease that reminded me of when I popped something in it last year that took me out for an entire week of pain followed by a month recovery.
Ever since last year, I’ve ben careful to not push so deep into the yoga stretch I was doing when I popped my knee. (I suspect it’s a ligament strain or partial tear). During the the past few days I’ve been especially careful.
Not careful enough apparently, because last night the pain worsened and this morning it was really bad.
I could not complete my normal workouts which include a lot of body weight squats and knee bending. I could not walk the dog anywhere near the speed or distance I usually do. I was limping and stepping so slowly that 2 people at the pool asked me what happened and a friend at the park did too.
Dammit.
I’m mainlining Advil trying to get ahead of the pain. It helps, but it’s still uncomfortable.
I’ll be taking it easy for a while which sucks. I’m used to always dealing with some kind of minor tweak but this is not something I can push through and likely won’t be able to work around.
I only thought about shooting myself in head for a few minutes. This is life threatening.
The last time, I recovered in a month. I put on more than 5 lbs but it all came off a few weeks after I was back to normal.
The last time, I also cut my workout workout routine back by 30 minutes with no ill effects.
I have a feeling it might be time to cut back again. I don’t want to. Working out a lot and walking for hours is a huge part of daily routine that I love.
We’ll see how my recovery goes.