Re: Does weight have any effect?

[Guest guest]

My Doctor told me the best thing for the knees is losing weight. He said for

every pound you lose it takes 4lbs of stress of your knee and 7lbs off your

ankle. But he said the main thing is not to gain any weight because when your

knee bothers you you don't do as much so you can easily gain weight and just to

be careful not to gain any weight.

[Guest guest]

yes

Does weight have any effect?

> Was just wondering if losing weight will relieve the knee of some

> stress and if it won't hurt as much....anyone has a clue?

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[Guest guest]

I haven't quite figured that out yet!

I'm mainly focusing on not gaining any while I'm sitting around waiting on my

surgery.

[Guest guest]

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Thanks for replying. But how does one manage to lose weight without

much exercise? Just by diet?

GlitterGal.

> My Doctor told me the best thing for the knees is losing weight. He

said for

> every pound you lose it takes 4lbs of stress of your knee and 7lbs

off your

> ankle. But he said the main thing is not to gain any weight because

when your

> knee bothers you you don't do as much so you can easily gain weight

and just to

> be careful not to gain any weight.

>

>

[Guest guest]

hello again,

without much cardio, diet would be the primary method by which you could

lose weight.

are you able to do any type of cardio? are you able to swim? that is a

very low impact form of cardio, but will burn quite a bit of

fat...especially if you throw in some faster intervals. how about some type

of rowing? when my knees/lower body act up I head for the ocean in my

kayak, or to swim.

are you able to strength train? adding some muscle will cause your body to

burn more calories while at rest. even if you were not able to do anything

with your legs, upper body weight lifting will help you burn calories and

lose fat....both while working out, and throughout the day when you're done.

with a little imagination, I think almost anyone can get a good workout.

hth

Chuck

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> Thanks for replying. But how does one manage to lose weight without

> much exercise? Just by diet?

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> GlitterGal.

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> > My Doctor told me the best thing for the knees is losing weight. He

> said for

> > every pound you lose it takes 4lbs of stress of your knee and 7lbs

> off your

> > ankle. But he said the main thing is not to gain any weight because

> when your

> > knee bothers you you don't do as much so you can easily gain weight

> and just to

> > be careful not to gain any weight.

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[Guest guest]

Which means not sitting around for 6 hrs watching TV in the evening feeling

sorry for yourself and munching on things like cheese & crackers. I know

from experience. Am now 20 lb overweight (note: I'm DOWN from 30 lb

overweight -- Ya-hooooooooo!).

Hmmmm. I just realized I've lost 10 lb but my knees are no better.

Ann

Re: Does weight have any effect?

> My Doctor told me the best thing for the knees is losing weight. He said

for

> every pound you lose it takes 4lbs of stress of your knee and 7lbs off

your

> ankle. But he said the main thing is not to gain any weight because when

your

> knee bothers you you don't do as much so you can easily gain weight and

just to

> be careful not to gain any weight.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Move to a really hot climate where all you can eat without throwing up is

salad.

But on a serious note, don't suddenly decrease your calories -- your body

will just adjust. Be prepared to lose weight very slowly.

Ann

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> Thanks for replying. But how does one manage to lose weight without

> much exercise? Just by diet?

>

> GlitterGal.

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> > My Doctor told me the best thing for the knees is losing weight. He

> said for

> > every pound you lose it takes 4lbs of stress of your knee and 7lbs

> off your

> > ankle. But he said the main thing is not to gain any weight because

> when your

> > knee bothers you you don't do as much so you can easily gain weight

> and just to

> > be careful not to gain any weight.

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

If you don't have shoulder problems, you can get pretty seriously aerobic

with weight lifting and/or flinging your arms around (think about those

wheelchair athletes & how buff they are). The problem is that what you

REALLY want to do is move your whole body with your legs, and you resent the

fact that now you can't, so you may be depressed. Of course, as we all

know, that doesn't help, anything you can do to keep a positive outlook is

very important.

Not that I've achieved this.

Ann

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> > Thanks for replying. But how does one manage to lose weight without

> > much exercise? Just by diet?

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> > GlitterGal.

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> > > My Doctor told me the best thing for the knees is losing weight. He

> > said for

> > > every pound you lose it takes 4lbs of stress of your knee and 7lbs

> > off your

> > > ankle. But he said the main thing is not to gain any weight because

> > when your

> > > knee bothers you you don't do as much so you can easily gain weight

> > and just to

> > > be careful not to gain any weight.

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[Guest guest]

The following comments take into account several years of time.

I used to suffer knee pain all the time (Chondromalicia). My specialist told me

to continue biking as the build up of muscles around my knees was probably

keeping me in a walking state. (I used to bike around 60 miles a week.)

I then lost aprox 50 pounds and the constant pain went away. (I reduced to being

in the low average lb weight for my height.) 50lbs was about 20% of my body

weight, and I was overweight. With the weight loss occasional pain DIDN'T go

away, but the constant pain seemed to go away.

After that period of weight loss I went on an out of town trip and noticed that

after several days I was back to feeling that constant inner knee pain. I

thought I was back to where I had started and that I must have ate or been in a

climate that aggravated my condition. Then I realized that I had been spending

most of the previous 2 weeks walking through airports, hotels, buildings, etc

carrying my luggage and laptop. That would have added about 25+ pounds to my

standard weight and put me back to feeling the way I used to feel.

So from my perspective losing weight reduced my knees pain.

(Unfortunately I've gained lots of weight back this year after having been at my

target weight for over 3 years. :-( )

Re: Does weight have any effect?

My Doctor told me the best thing for the knees is losing weight. He said for

every pound you lose it takes 4lbs of stress of your knee and 7lbs off your

ankle. But he said the main thing is not to gain any weight because when your

knee bothers you you don't do as much so you can easily gain weight and just

to

be careful not to gain any weight.

[Guest guest]

No one really knows if weight has anything to do with it, here

is what I know...

They think that these following things may be a factor with CP:

1) Weight

2) being athletic

3) environment, ie. damp, wet weather

4) the way you walk

5) genetics

I hope this helps you !

glittergold88 wrote:

> Was just wondering if losing weight will relieve the knee of some

> stress and if it won't hurt as much....anyone has a clue?

>

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