Prana Journal: Another weekend, more recovery

Monday, October 20, 2008

Another weekend, more recovery

I got to the gym twice this weekend, and put in two sessions of 60-minutes each on the stationary bike and another 25 minutes on the elliptical trainer. I lifted some weights, enough to make me sore two days later. During the week, I was able to do a few short sessions of rehab.

Earlier in the week, I got my sutures removed and the doc said that everything looked fine and to come back in three weeks. He suggested that I do some physical therapy to get back up to speed.

I also checked in with Pierre Couvillion who recommended that I take at least a month, maybe two, to ease myself back into yoga. Is he being overly cautious? Or am I just an ingrained overachiever who always has to push harder and farther.

Labels: health, injury, knee

¶ 2:31 PM

Comments:

your information is interesting. my right knee locks when i bellydance and the left one has a limited range of motion when i try to perform the tree pose....ouch! other than that, they are not a problem. they do not hurt when i walk, ascend or descend stairs. only when i attempt to perform certain movements. anyway, i had an MRI on both knees and will have them interpreted in just about 1 week from monday.

must say that i am a bit concerned

# posted by

Anonymous : 4:43 PM

Knees are extremely vulnerable points in the body because we sometimes try to make them move in ways that they were not meant to. With age, they accumulate the wear and tear. I am the third 50-plus man who's had a meniscus operation in the past three months.

Good luck with your evaluation. Hope that it's nothing serious.

Michael

# posted by

Michael : 5:21 PM

thank you for your reply! i need to run out and take care of some business but would like to talk to you more, if you do not mind. i just turned 60 and have been atheletic my entire life. to be honest about it....i am terrified that i will have to have surgery. can we please talk later.

Makeda

# posted by

Anonymous : 5:26 PM

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