Final day - Or let's hope so

I think it's time to bring this blog to a close. I went surfing again Sunday and then did some suicide sprints when I got home later to practice spinning on my left leg, the day before that I bicycled, the day before that I ran probably somewhere around 3 miles, the day before that I cycled again, etc. So I'm somewhere close to back to normal. Returning to soccer might be up next, unless I get any good at surfing and move to the coast. My knee cap still doesn't track entirely properly when I'm moving from a straight-legged position to bending. But I think that might subside over time.

So thanks for reading. Both of you. If anybody stumbles upon this site while they're considering ACL reconstruction or has any other questions about the knee or wants to send me free cash money, drop me an email.

DJ Darwin will take us out:

Day 175 - Leg song Thursday

I've been delinquent in posting lately, mainly because I haven't had much new happening with the knee to post about and I've been on vacation. Tuesday, I started doing some pivot turns on the knee while running. That felt fine, both during and after. I've also continued running, which hasn't been a problem. I went cycling today. That's the first I've done that in about 10 days or so. It feels pretty good right now. The one thing that continues to be a problem is the knee cap still sort of catches sometimes when I move from a straight leg position to a bending position. I've continued trying to strengthen the VMO, which is kind of helping, it seems, but only time will tell if that continues to improve.

So this song seems appropriate for this week, Aerosmith's deep track Lord of the Thighs. No comment on what this song might be about.

Day 170 - Surfing

I went surfing Thursday. I was worried it might be too much for my knee, but once I was out on the water and caught a wave, I forgot all about my knee. I was out there for about 2 hours and caught about 5 or 6 waves where I was actually able to stand up on the board. It wasn't a problem for my knee at all.

Cowabunga.

And since I missed the Thursday song once again, here's a catch-up for you: