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lenora_roseIt's funny what you can and can't do with an injury.
As regards my knee, I can:
- Walk, but slower than usual, and since it decided now is the time to snow and get a bit slippy, with some attention to where I put my feet. I can even do it without favouring the leg, but it's easier to let it go just a little.
- Play DDR. Yes, really. Only slightly worse than I expected, and some of that is for not having played in a while. Oddly, the only problem I noticed was that my calves kept wanting to seize. Note: I would NOT have done this had I not put on the knee brace first. It did make a difference in both capability and comfort with the idea of trying.
- Actually dance. Nothing hoppy, though; all careful flat steps, and some extra care on the hip moves, and on making sure to lift the foot to twist so the knee doesn't turn. Again, with the brace. But I managed slow or controlled twirling, twisting, light stepping patterns, hopping, some straight-leg kicks, and a number of usual dance floor moves. And leaving more of the tricky stuff to the right side helped. Over half the SCA dances are out due to stomps, twisty or less controlled turns, or hoppy moves.
- Go up stairs. With a bit of a swing outward as well as up, so as not to bend too far.
Things that are trickier:
- Getting into and out of bed. The fact that the bed is high is a plus, actually, it makes getting out easier. But the bend and twist to get under and out from the covers isn't so good.
- Lie on my right side. I probably could with a pillow under the knee.But I didn't bring a spare pillow to bed, and the extra production of getting up and down again, and managing the stairs, convinced me not to bother.
- Go down stairs. I CAN. Either marking time like a little kid, or with a kind of extra skip. I CAN do it the usual way, without any extras, but it feels like I'm pushing it.
- Sitting down is easy. Getting there, not always.
- Putting on any shoes that require me to bend over and pick up that foot to any height at the same time. I can just manage the slip-on that needs me to put a finger or shoe-horn in the back. I haven't even considered the runners or heeled shoes.
Things I feel like I really can't do:
- Stomp snow off my shoes. Stomp in general (DDR was about as hard as I could safely step).
- Run for anything short of emergency. I probably could, but the impact sounds a bad idea.
- Get even slightly careless about balance. I survived tripping pretty badly over something since I landed on my feet, but part of me is sure that if I hit it against anything else, it will just go.
- Sit cross-legged. Or anything at all that requires me to lift my leg sideways.
I've regained some of the range of motion. I sometimes notice a mild clicking - noise more than feeling, but a bit of both - when I'm up and moving for the first time after sitting a while, or sometimes while getting too ambitious up stairs, which I've been paying attention to.
As regards my knee, I can:
- Walk, but slower than usual, and since it decided now is the time to snow and get a bit slippy, with some attention to where I put my feet. I can even do it without favouring the leg, but it's easier to let it go just a little.
- Play DDR. Yes, really. Only slightly worse than I expected, and some of that is for not having played in a while. Oddly, the only problem I noticed was that my calves kept wanting to seize. Note: I would NOT have done this had I not put on the knee brace first. It did make a difference in both capability and comfort with the idea of trying.
- Actually dance. Nothing hoppy, though; all careful flat steps, and some extra care on the hip moves, and on making sure to lift the foot to twist so the knee doesn't turn. Again, with the brace. But I managed slow or controlled twirling, twisting, light stepping patterns, hopping, some straight-leg kicks, and a number of usual dance floor moves. And leaving more of the tricky stuff to the right side helped. Over half the SCA dances are out due to stomps, twisty or less controlled turns, or hoppy moves.
- Go up stairs. With a bit of a swing outward as well as up, so as not to bend too far.
Things that are trickier:
- Getting into and out of bed. The fact that the bed is high is a plus, actually, it makes getting out easier. But the bend and twist to get under and out from the covers isn't so good.
- Lie on my right side. I probably could with a pillow under the knee.But I didn't bring a spare pillow to bed, and the extra production of getting up and down again, and managing the stairs, convinced me not to bother.
- Go down stairs. I CAN. Either marking time like a little kid, or with a kind of extra skip. I CAN do it the usual way, without any extras, but it feels like I'm pushing it.
- Sitting down is easy. Getting there, not always.
- Putting on any shoes that require me to bend over and pick up that foot to any height at the same time. I can just manage the slip-on that needs me to put a finger or shoe-horn in the back. I haven't even considered the runners or heeled shoes.
Things I feel like I really can't do:
- Stomp snow off my shoes. Stomp in general (DDR was about as hard as I could safely step).
- Run for anything short of emergency. I probably could, but the impact sounds a bad idea.
- Get even slightly careless about balance. I survived tripping pretty badly over something since I landed on my feet, but part of me is sure that if I hit it against anything else, it will just go.
- Sit cross-legged. Or anything at all that requires me to lift my leg sideways.
I've regained some of the range of motion. I sometimes notice a mild clicking - noise more than feeling, but a bit of both - when I'm up and moving for the first time after sitting a while, or sometimes while getting too ambitious up stairs, which I've been paying attention to.
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Date: 2009-11-30 03:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-30 06:13 pm (UTC)Yoga, though? Still not sure what I *will* be able to do. Should have tried some on the Wii yesterday.
(walking to work is fine, though.)