BillyD

Here we go again.

BillyD

Looks like I'm going to catch hell tonight. I've already had two bouts of leg cramps, and I haven't even hit the sack yet.

LesterOfPuppets

When I played softball a few years back the focus of training was beer drinking.

Rowan

Good thread title for attracting the New Zealanders, who say six as sex.

3alarmer 

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Herbie53

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3alarmer 

...don't worry. Taking up softball again at this stage of your life you're bound to blow out a knee, so running will no longer hurt you.

BillyD

Thanks for that! Love you too!

3alarmer 

...I gotta call 'em like I see 'em. The problem is your mind still remembers but your body is more fragile.
I'd tell you to be careful, but your mind will not listen. It wants to play softball.

3alarmer 

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...on the plus side, the surgical repair techniques for knees have progressed to the point where it's not usually a big deal.

ls01

wuts this thread about?

rjones28 

Howdy.

rjones28 

Hellogoodbye

Rowan

When I was a med student at uni (yes, I failed first year), I was playing tennis with a three other med students (all aged around 18 or 19) when one of the guys decided he would jump the net in his excitement at "winning". He landed awkwardly and dislocated his knee.

It can happen at all ages.

It was not a pleasant sight, and it was probably the U-turn point for me in med school.

datlas 

Here we go again.

datlas 

Another weekend with perfect cycling weather. Getting ready for 50 mile club recovery ride. After yesterday's hill hell, I am ready for a social recovery ride.

patentcad

Off Friday, 27 miles yesterday, my knee didn't like that, very stiff and somewhat sore afterwards. Feels better this AM, but I have to give it some more rest. It has only been 16 days since the Synvisc shot, so I have to be patient. Frustrating. But most of the swelling is gone. Rode 8 out of the last 9 days, maybe that was too much too soon. Felt like it was getting better each day until yesterday really. Oh well.

More guitar time. I should write a song about this friggin knee.

datlas 

Call it "Time for Titanium."

patentcad

I don't think that's the case. Synvisc and similar therapies (hyraulanic acid compounds injected into joint capsules) generally go like this: initial reaction from moderate to severe pain/swelling, followed by gradual relief, and they really start to kick in after 3-4+ weeks. That has been my experience in the past with 4-5 rounds of these shots (can't remember anymore, I've been getting them for years). The most recent shots before this was in January of 2012, I didn't have another round until May of 2014, and my knee was mostly fine for over two years, so that works.

I'm hoping this stiffness will subside. I'll give it a couple more days of rest before I resume cycling. It's not bad just walking around, the stress from the bike ride yesterday seemed to bother it, I think I did too much climbing (2300 vertical feet in 27 miles, that's a relatively hilly ride) and that loads up the joint vs. flat cycling. There's not too much flat terrain around here. I'm guessing that most Synvisc patients aren't out trying to ride 30 hilly miles daily 9 days after they get the shots, which is what I did. Rode like that for a week without a problem.

I'm 56 years old, the longer I can delay a knee replacement, the better, for a number of reasons.

patentcad

Also, I'm holding out for CF. Ti is so 90s.

datlas 

PCAD, I hope you continue to get sustainable results from the hyaluronic acid injections.

But that said, for most folks, it's a temporary measure to postpone the inevitable knee replacement.

In my experience, most folks go this route for 3-5 years before they bite the bullet and have the surgery. YMMV.

LAJ

It seems pcad has been at that for as long as I've been here. He does get HTFU points.

Pirkaus

"You know that you're over the hill, when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill"
Old Folks Boogie

patentcad

Hence my refocus on guitar playing and music, which doesn't require my right knee.

My left knee still feels the way it did when I was 18.

So it goes.

BillyD

I fully plan to take it easy early on. I'm not rushing into this without careful thought. I'm positive I'll be fine.

Besides, the gravitational pull of the game is just overpowering. I searched for a senior softball league years ago but couldn't find anything in the area. I just wasn't looking in the right places. Now that I found the old bastids, there's no stopping me now.