Tendonitis, Tendinitis Help!

[bchesley]

A leg work out to me is a little bit of both strength and conditioning. I start with a 4-5 mile ride on the bike to warm them up. Then I will do a leg press or a squat machine with one light set and three heavy. Lifting heavy and fewer reps will help build some muscle mass and its important to do heavy first as your are strongest then. Then I will move to leg extensions with lots of reps and lighter weights. The same on leg curls and also on your calves. Then maybe lunges to finish them off. My knees and legs feel better than they have in years doing this program. I do push myself to try and go up a little every few weeks in either weight on my heavy sets or reps on my light stuff. You will be amazed at the spring in your step from hitting the gym! I used to neglect my legs, but not anymore......

[gride300]

ya i forgot to mention stretching and no. at 42 it's not a sport because i know an 82 year old couple who has an x-2 and ride all the time. surfing is a sport. try that.

[WakeSlayer]

well, PM me a list of what is and is not a sport, so I can keep track. Sorry, I am confused here. I am just thinking that in 17 years of beating your knees to submission, your list will evolve a bit.

[gride300]

i'm just giving you a hard time man. i enjoy wakesurfing alot.

[bscott]

Cycling is a great for low impact cardio. Make sure your bike fits right though, or your knee problems may not improve.

[WakeSlayer]

Me too, dude, just getting on you a bit from the comment the other day. It is a gas. While I used to prefer other events, my joints and back won't take it. I want to wakeskate this year, that will be easier to take than the impact stuff.

[lilfoot]

Just got back from my Physical Therapist. At 23 I worhshiped them. At 50 years old still do. There were a lot of good comments above. Big 5.... Stretch, Anti-inflamatory, Ice, Rest, More Reps / Less weight. A cortisone shot is also a good option. This at least gives the injury time to rest & relax. My PT said Women are unstable & Men are inflexible. Meaning men focus too much on strength and too little on flexibility. Women... the opposite. He also said that the nature of this beast is that it often returns, so ice it right after high impact, high weight & high pain situations. He laughs about golfers that roll out of bed, go to the 1st tee, twist for a minute then tee off. So stretch all-day any time you get a chance, spend a good amount of time warming up, then "Go boat!". Remember the ice & rest afterward.

[jjackkrash]

I would recommend getting Steve Maxwell's Encyclopedia of Joint Mobility DVD. It goes way beyond mere "stretching" and "flexability" and teaches you how to gain functional joint strength and mobility from head to tow. Also, check out his blog. The guy is 56 and still a stud in the gym and on the mat.

http://www.maxwellsc.com/store.cfm?store_cat_id=5

[harddock]

Re: RE: Tendonitis, Tendinitis Help!

I'm going to try hyaluronic acid supplements. Supposed to be the whole molecule, whereas glucosamine is only part. It is also supposed to work much faster. These are all "supposed to" statements, as I have not tried it yet.

I am 52 and both knees are junk. over the years the pain led to less usage which led to weight gain. I am a canidate for dual replacements but have been putting it off as long as possible. Right now as I understand replacements last about 10 years and replacing replacements is a bee eich.

I have had those hyaluaronic acid treatments and the results are good but too short lived. Insurance has only allowed one set of shots per year. Three every two years at a minimum would be much better. My year is up in June and I am already counting the days. The stuff acts as a lubricant and after most or all of your cartilage is gone you are bone on bone.

Advil, Motrine, or PX ibuprofen (if you have access) seem to be the best for day to day life.

As for cycling +1 on the proper fit and spinning rather than grinding is the way to go.

[SuperSquirt]

I'll toss in my own personal problems with wakeboarding......it is one of the hardest sports on your body.

I've been playing sports my entire life and can say i'm fairly athletic and coordinated. I have pretty good experience with board sports (skate,snow,surf), along with team sports. Well, it wasn't until 15 years ago (age 15), when my buddy bought one of the first true wakeboards (Obrien Schredder) and we started out behind my sea-doo. My riding progressed very quickly up until I turned 21. By this time, I had my own boat and was hardcore about the sport. I was working out everyday and riding around 4 times a week. Trying new tricks ended up putting me in an ER with a serious back injury. I ruptured two discs on the lake and almost cut off my sciatic nerve all together. That put me out of the sport for around 2 years. I basically forgot most all of my tricks after that. Even though i almost paralyzed myself, i picked up the board again and started back. Since then, I have dislocated my pec tenden in my arm from not letting go of the rope after crashing. Last year, I had my new boat for 1 month and bummed out my right knee (meniscus problems), and had to sit out most of the season.

I'm not sure if it is just bad luck with me and wakeboarding, or if other people have had this many problems. I never had any injuries from all the other sports, and i can't figure out why wakeboarding? Somebody please remove the hex!!!

[WakeSlayer]

Harddock, I am by no means an ortho, however, I would suggest that if you need your knees replaced, putting it off is a really bad idea. My wife had SCFE when she was a kid, and has had horrible hip problems her whole life. She is pretty athletic despite her hips. She is an avid horse rider, hiker, waterskier, etc. We always knew she would need them replaced, but we planned to put it off until later in life for the exact reasons you stated above. At 38, she had a total hip replacement on her left side. She could still take the pain, but we/she decided that life is too short and you never know, the bus could could come tomorrow. Her quality of life has improved dramatically. She rides her horses every day, she wakesurfs at every given opportunity during the season, we backpack into the mountains and camp, she works out, the list is endless. She would not be able to do any of these things now, had she not had the surgery. We were always afraid of the the 10 year rule on replacing replacements, too. Nowadays the materials they use, they really do not know what the end of life is on replaced joints, but the expectation is 20-25 years on her first one. In fact, the improvement on her left side has made her right side far less painful and she will be able to go a few more years than was originally expected before replacing that one.
We are big believers in the Mayo Clinic's ortho department. She has a tight knit cirlce of friends from all over the country that had their hips done in Rochester.


You only go around once, dude, you may as well do it pain free.

[harddock]

Wake Slayer - Hips v Knees = Apples v Oranges. It is more the doctors and insurance keeping me from the new knees, but from what I've been told hips are a piece of cake compared to knees. I don't know, just sharing what I info I have. My big point was to stay active. Less active =more weight = more pain = less activity = more weight = more pain and so on.

[WakeSlayer]

I have heard the opposite, actually. My biggest point was if you have less or no pain, the rest just follows. It was a life changing event for my wife, and had she known how much better she would be, she would not have waited as long as she did. I would talk to some different doctors. And try to figure out the insurance or how to pay for it, or get help paying for it. A knee replacement costs less than a ski boat. Just trying to offer some insight from personal experience. You only go around once. It does not make sense to be miserable for 10-15 more years and then do it.

[harddock]

I'll admit the pain thing is a drag, Might just be I need a new approch.

[gride300]

thats the biggest surf wake ever