Re: I hiked 5 miles in the mountains Monday!!

[Guest guest]

Ann,

That is great to hear!

Chris

> Hiking was my sport before I got knee problems. 10 years ago I was

climbing a mountain every weekend. Wow was I in shape! Then in '93

I began to get CP/ITBS pain but couldn't find help till '95, got a

LR, and was 100% until '99, when I got a different job and the ITBS

started up again, then I tore my meniscus. My last operation was

Jan. this year -- removed the torn off part of the meniscus, smoothed

down the CP places. The meniscus part helped a lot with pain from

walking, but I still have to use McConnell tape to do quad

strengthening, StairMaster, etc.

>

> So anyway, Monday I went hiking in the mountains for the first time

in YEARS. More than half the trail was snow, so it was hard going,

and it was 8500-9000 ft so the air was thin and I had to stop a lot

because I'm not in aerobic shape. Whatever, I hiked 5 miles

altogether, and it's been 2 days and so far I haven't had a bad knee

reaction. I iced it Mon and Tue nights. That's all I did for it. I

did use tape while hiking. I did have some mild irritation, esp. on

downslopes (even mild ones), and expected to have a possibly violent

pain followup but apparently that's not gonna happen.

>

> I'm really excited! This means that I can hike up there once a

week, which will increase my O2 exchange efficiency, build up my

legs, lose me some weight, and just in general make me very happy,

because I'd rather be up there (the Sierra west and south of Lk

Tahoe) than anywhere. It'll cost me about $90 more in gasoline per

month, but I guess I'll just call that a medical expense.

>

> Ann

>

>

[Guest guest]

Good for you!! I thought you lived in the south... someone here

does, I think. Yes, I guess with my tape I can make it down my

little " hike " here in the burbs.

Ah, the CP expense. My doc co-pay is $20 and a cab to get to pt and

back is $15. Plus, I can't take the train into the city anymore, so

it adds up!

> Hiking was my sport before I got knee problems. 10 years ago I

was climbing a mountain every weekend. Wow was I in shape! Then

in '93 I began to get CP/ITBS pain but couldn't find help till '95,

got a LR, and was 100% until '99, when I got a different job and the

ITBS started up again, then I tore my meniscus. My last operation

was Jan. this year -- removed the torn off part of the meniscus,

smoothed down the CP places. The meniscus part helped a lot with

pain from walking, but I still have to use McConnell tape to do quad

strengthening, StairMaster, etc.

>

> So anyway, Monday I went hiking in the mountains for the first

time in YEARS. More than half the trail was snow, so it was hard

going, and it was 8500-9000 ft so the air was thin and I had to stop

a lot because I'm not in aerobic shape. Whatever, I hiked 5 miles

altogether, and it's been 2 days and so far I haven't had a bad knee

reaction. I iced it Mon and Tue nights. That's all I did for it.

I did use tape while hiking. I did have some mild irritation, esp.

on downslopes (even mild ones), and expected to have a possibly

violent pain followup but apparently that's not gonna happen.

>

> I'm really excited! This means that I can hike up there once a

week, which will increase my O2 exchange efficiency, build up my

legs, lose me some weight, and just in general make me very happy,

because I'd rather be up there (the Sierra west and south of Lk

Tahoe) than anywhere. It'll cost me about $90 more in gasoline per

month, but I guess I'll just call that a medical expense.

>

> Ann

>

>

[Guest guest]

Actually I am FROM the South. Emphasis on FROM. I've live in California since

'64, with a brief stint in MO in the early 70's, where I was chased out by

tornadoes. Give me earthquakes over tornados any day.

Ann

Re: I hiked 5 miles in the mountains

Monday!!

Good for you!! I thought you lived in the south... someone here

does, I think. Yes, I guess with my tape I can make it down my

little " hike " here in the burbs.

Ah, the CP expense. My doc co-pay is $20 and a cab to get to pt and

back is $15. Plus, I can't take the train into the city anymore, so

it adds up!

> Hiking was my sport before I got knee problems. 10 years ago I

was climbing a mountain every weekend. Wow was I in shape! Then

in '93 I began to get CP/ITBS pain but couldn't find help till '95,

got a LR, and was 100% until '99, when I got a different job and the

ITBS started up again, then I tore my meniscus. My last operation

was Jan. this year -- removed the torn off part of the meniscus,

smoothed down the CP places. The meniscus part helped a lot with

pain from walking, but I still have to use McConnell tape to do quad

strengthening, StairMaster, etc.

>

> So anyway, Monday I went hiking in the mountains for the first

time in YEARS. More than half the trail was snow, so it was hard

going, and it was 8500-9000 ft so the air was thin and I had to stop

a lot because I'm not in aerobic shape. Whatever, I hiked 5 miles

altogether, and it's been 2 days and so far I haven't had a bad knee

reaction. I iced it Mon and Tue nights. That's all I did for it.

I did use tape while hiking. I did have some mild irritation, esp.

on downslopes (even mild ones), and expected to have a possibly

violent pain followup but apparently that's not gonna happen.

>

> I'm really excited! This means that I can hike up there once a

week, which will increase my O2 exchange efficiency, build up my

legs, lose me some weight, and just in general make me very happy,

because I'd rather be up there (the Sierra west and south of Lk

Tahoe) than anywhere. It'll cost me about $90 more in gasoline per

month, but I guess I'll just call that a medical expense.

>

> Ann

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