numb knee

[go get em]

Hi ladies,
Well I haven't checked in since I had my MRI in October. The MRI showed no tears. Just a little fluid on the knee. The doctor said take advil and resume riding. However, riding and jusy daily activities aggravate it, so I still am not riding. The knee is getting better, but it has been 7 months. The only thing I really feel nowadays is a little bit of numbness in the knee. Especially when I over due it. Has anyone ever experinced this feeling while healing for weeks on end?

[RoadRaven]

Hey there GGE

I haven't had this experience, but am interested to know when you will be "allowed" to hop back on a bike... are you not able to even use a trainer? Perhaps even just a minute at a time?

[go get em]

I am going to hop on my old bike on Sunday, just to see how it goes. Probably for just a half hour. I never had any problems until I got a new bike. I am also going to try orthotics because I think a lot of the problem maybe coming from my foot.

[yellow]

Assuming you had the new bike properly fit...

Where are you, gge?? If you're in CA, you may want to consider a trek to UC Davis for biomechanical testing. They even have a specific fitting for bicycling (see their website here (http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/sportsmedicine/programs/biomechanical_tests.shtml) ).

If you're not anywhere near Davis, I'm sure other universities with sports medicine programs have similar services. You can also get these services through the provate sector, but I can tell you form experience that it's cheaper (and just as good) to go through a university.

I went through biomechanical testing almost 3 years ago for running related woes. I highly recommend it; your knees aren't something to mess around with. Seriously. Listen to the woman that waited too long to do something seriously about it, and is still paying the price 3 years later!