Knee pain, repetitive stress injury?

[Kathi]

My advice from my pt is to go back to my bike fitter for a refit. It's been 3 yrs for me, I was recovering from ACL surgery, things have obviously changed. His advice is to go back to the person who did the fit because different fitters will have different ideas. Also he does not believe in shims, etc.

If you can't see the original fitter then my pt's recommendation was to start fresh with a new fit, he suggested 3 dimensional such as a Retul fit.

I'm seeing my fitter on Monday, I hope he doesn't think an entire fit is necessary, I've spent a lot of money on this with little results (except for my new pt).

My ortho was more discouraging than helpful, told me to live with the osteroarthritis in my hip, although he said something was causing it but he didn't know what, wanted to do lateral release surgery and prescribed a brace for my knee. I'd read online that people with piriformis issues (I thought that's what mine was) tried chiropractors and acupuncture but didn't get much of a resolution.

My original Pt told me my right hip was weak and I was "overdoing it" but his exercises made me feel worse. I was to the point of just living with the pain and wasn't going to pursue any more medical attention.

Before you spend any more money buy or borrow Gray Cooks book and also check out Gary Gray (he has some articles online). My new pt follows Grays principles and I knew that before I went to him. You could have an inpingement that you're not feeling. Cook and Gray won't help you diagnose yourself but will help you understand asymmetries and movement patterns. They seem to be on the same page, the hips can be an obnoxious neighbor.