"I have to exercise to get stronger, but I did exercise, and now I'm weaker!"
My mind naturally searches for analogies to better understand the world. Eventually I shortened my lament to, "My body has me in checkmate!"
Now, I realize it's not true. I'm not in checkmate, but I am in check. There is urgency. I have to move, and not just any move, the right move. But there are exercises for healthy knees and other ways to strengthen my body without injuring it. I need to get back on the bike and slow back down to walking. And the more weight I lose, the less pressure on my joints. I'm in check, not checkmate.
4 comments:
I'm sorry to hear about your injury. I've been there and the hardest part of recovery is learning to trust our bodies (I'm still trying to grasp that).I hurt my knee and had to stop running for 6 weeks. I've never gotten back to the pre-injury me but at least I can run some now. What helped me is also a lot of weight training and strengthening my body.
Good attitude. It is so frustrating to exercise and do your best and then have an injury. Hang in there. :)
How about swimming? I'm not a great swimmer, but it is one exercise that you can do that's easy on your joints. Keep strong, Alan, you can do this.
I'm sure there are easy, slow stretches you can do to strengthen the muscle & joints in that area. Even simple bended knee movements might help. Feel better soon!
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