Knee injury
Four weeks since the knee injury and going back to the dojo is still weeks away. Dislocated the knee cap on the supporting leg when kicking and in the process teared up some scar tissue and pulled the MCL badly. I have muscle imbalance and need to work hard to keep the muscles strong all around but had fallen off the wagon lately. PT is sort of helping and I’m doing all the exercises (elastic bands, light weights) fine, but the MCL is tight and my range of motion is 110 degrees on a sunny day. It’s like having a wooden knee most of the time. For the hour or so that the knee is warmed-up and moves freely, it’s blissful, but that doesn’t last long – it takes 10 minutes of sitting or standing that the stiffness takes over. I’m thinking of asking the doc about the platelet-rich plasma injections that I’ve read about somewhere.
