Will getting clipped in help my knees?

[spazzdog]

Hey joyrider; good to know you're doing well on the GLU/MSM combo.

I've had 2 scopes done on my left knee (1 to repair a dislocation and 1 that was supposed to be a torn meniscus; turned out to be a 70% surface fracture of the tibia). Needless to say, I've had chondromalachia for years.

I've found that certain exercises really help the tracking issue. Basically it invovles working all 4 of the quadraceps muscles and stretching the iliotibial band. If you cat "train the muscles" they will naturally keep the patella tracking correctly.

Let me know if you want the exercises (or you may already know this).

spazz (who's friends used to call her Festas)

[Bike Goddess]

Hey SD- Everything you say about cycling and nutrition (except for the meat part) is a mirror of what I believe as well. I wish I could cycle with YOU as well as the other great people I cycle with out here in Cali-for-nia!

I think you should be a coach- seriously.

[spazzdog]

Thanks BG... I like to coach, but I do it from the perspective of "them that can, do and them that can't, coach"

I've always been a mediocre athlete, but love all the sports I've participated in. Part of my MO is researching every teeny bit of a sport, so I end up with lots of info in my little pee-brain.

Having never been an "elite" athlete, I always come from the "common grrls" place of beginning at the bottom rather than the top.

It'd be nice to live out there where you can get more ride time in due to more cooperative weather. I know folks out here ride in the cold and the rain, but I just hate the stuff... so I wait for the warm days.

spazz

[Bike Goddess]

Well, SDog, I was thinkin that since you were lookin for some kind of monetary profession... fill in the rest!

I always say, find something you love and do that for a living!

[CorsairMac]

Well, SDog, I was thinkin that since you were lookin for some kind of monetary profession... fill in the rest!

I always say, find something you love and do that for a living!

cept I can't seem to find anyone that wants to pay a short,middle-aged, slightly overweight woman (me) to ride my bike!

[spazzdog]

WE could start our own pro racing team... self-supported like a little cottage industry.

Names:

Just Fixin To (JFT) Spinners
Cookie Dough Moms (CDM)
Neener Neener Neener (NNN) Pastya
Martini Mashers


And to bring back around... we'll do it with good heathy knees.

[DirtDiva]

After all, I can drink faster than I can ride.

[Susan126]

Let me know if you want the exercises (or you may already know this).

spazz (who's friends used to call her Festas)

Hey SD, could you pass along those exercises and stretches for the quads and iliotibial band. After a slacking winter I find my right knee and inner thigh tight this spring. I have started off easy and I am slowly building my strength and endurance back up to what it used to be like way back in October (before my winter hibernation began). This was the first winter that I did nothing. I'm ashamed of myself for allowing this to happen. Needless to say it will not happen this winter! But getting back in shape at (51) is not like it used to be at 31 or even 41!!!! But my legs do have "memory" and I find improvement daily!

Thanks . . . Sue