To swim or not to swim...

[Wahine]

Swim with a pull bouy. Do not push off the wall with your sore leg. That would be my suggestion. No kicking.

[rocknrollgirl]

Doc said go ahead and swim, don't have a PT unless you count the TE PT clinic!

[Running Mommy]

Yep. What Wahine said. No kicking, no pushing off w/that leg. Just concentrate on pulling. It will feel good to be moving.
Believe me- I know the feeling. Being injured just sux!

[tulip]

Sounds like a PT would be very useful and helpful. Can your doc refer you to a PT (paid for by insurance, of course)?

[crazycanuck]

RNGR-I hope you can get to the pool & use your good leg! DOn't fret about not being able push off the wall, just swim.

Tuli-RNGR has seen a physio..

[rocknrollgirl]

Is a physio the same thing as a Sports Medicine Doc? I saw a knee specialist. He did not start pt at the time. Said I might need it after my period of rest...If Ican get exercises, I am diligent enough to do them at home.

(diligent...that is a hoot...calling any triathlete diliget...mildly obsessive more like it...come to think of it mildly is a hoot too....)

OK, I am going to go swimming tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!

[Wahine]

If you're worried about holding the pull bouy, you can always use a strap to hold your legs together (around your knees). That's what my BIL does, he has parapelegia. But I really don't think that holding the pull bouy will bother you. It involves mostly your adductor muscle group, not your quad and it might even help a bit.

[rocknrollgirl]

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going swimming tomorrow!!!!!

Yoda, your BIL is paralyzed? Holy Cow. Makes all of our stuff seem trivial, eh?
He swims, does he do any other sports?