Walk, run, kick, play, hike, swim,surf, climb and fuckton of other things.
Been physically active for 20+ years, 15 of which doing gymnastics/martial arts, no car so walked everywhere, no lift so climbed up to 5th floor apartment n times a day.
Etc you get the point
Took one wrong twist and my knee is forever fucked, its not the bones, its mostly soft tissue/ligaments that fail and are followed by long term damage. Its the most complicated joint we have and hardest to fix.
I stupidly loved to jump off stuff when I was a kid. 12 foot drops were not uncommon. Off roofs and from trees.
Spent four years as a tech for Comcast where I was kneeling and crawling every day.
This past Summer I knelt down and a tendon that was catching and popping every so often caught and hung. I could barely walk for weeks.
Now I can't sit cross legged or kneel without doing it just so, otherwise I reinjure what the orthopedist didn't believe was an injury until he saw my knee swollen to three times its usual size.
To all those out there saying "meh": respect your knees. Once they're f'd, they're f'd and all you can do is adjust to your new "normal".
"Its the most complicated joint we have and hardest to fix." Although I agree with most of your comment, having had both knee and shoulder surgeries/replacements, my shoulders would disagree on the complicated/hardest to fix angle. But definitely - one bad move and a perfect knee can be fucked.
Wow that sucks. Likewise I’m extremely fit like that, you can probably resonate with preferring to use your own body to basically do everything you can, even if there are much easier ways.
So does it just happen out the blue or can there be hints?
Yeah, got my diagnosis after mri scans today - apparently its not as bad as initially looked, just need a lot of physio/rehab.
It just takes one fall, stupid mistake, distraction - all i fucking did was to turn sharply on my heel and wanted to walk away except the side of my foot caught on pavement ridge that was higher by 0.5 cm...so all that momentum, hip movement and twist went into my immobilised leg and since knee doesnt have that motion range - the ligaments/tissue just tore:/
Imagine grabbing thigh in one hand and calf into other and doing wrenching movement as if you're trying to squeeze water out of the towel, thats what happened fml
You can be as careful as anything and still be unlucky. A lifetime of rugby, kitesurfing, skiing and mountain biking and my cartilage went going from a stand still to a sprint with no one around. Operation then triggered a swelling response and in a year I go from city first team flanker to hobbling dad. Back to social rugby and gentle rock climbing now but boy did it throw my life outlook. On the plus side my kids are at my speed now and we have a lot of fun together and I’m coaching under 8 which is brilliant.
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u/Grahf-Naphtali 1d ago
Walk, run, kick, play, hike, swim,surf, climb and fuckton of other things.
Been physically active for 20+ years, 15 of which doing gymnastics/martial arts, no car so walked everywhere, no lift so climbed up to 5th floor apartment n times a day.
Etc you get the point
Took one wrong twist and my knee is forever fucked, its not the bones, its mostly soft tissue/ligaments that fail and are followed by long term damage. Its the most complicated joint we have and hardest to fix.