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2009-08-04 2:40 PM

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Subject: Stupid Leg/knee pain! (my PT story)
so around the beginning of July/end of June I ended up with some pretty intense leg knee and muscle pain in my right leg. Being the guy that I am I ice it, Ibuprofen and see what happens with not using it for a few days...still have pain, lots of pain. So I make an appointment to see my GP the next day. Go in and he looks at it, stretches a few things and referrs me to PT. (it was that or a surgeon so I choose the PT). Finally got in to see the Physical Therapist yesterday (soonest I could get in anywhere) and luckily by now the pain was almost all gone but I also, under doctors orders, had refrained from any exercise that would impact the knee since seeing him. So my PT does a bunch of initial tests and then a bunch of stretchy stuff for the initial evaluation. During all of this even I notice that my right leg for certain stretches/tests is much weaker than my left and less flexible. The thing that made me and the PT laugh though is that she checked my right leg for the IT band and one other band stretch and said ok, well that is normal...and on a whim decides to check my left leg as well and finds that my left leg is something like 35% more flexible still, something she said she usually only sees in gymnasts.

After all of this (and more than an hour later) I get a set of several strength exercises and stretches to do for my IT Band and one of my Gluteous muscles that is weaker than it should be on both the left and right side. I can already tell having already done the exercises a couple of times that they are going to work and they are going to hurt. I did however get permission to keep biking and running as long as I keep it shortish so I can start doing that again now!

Also I am pretty sure that my Physical Therapist was hitting on me, even though I am married...


2009-08-04 4:09 PM
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Subject: RE: Stupid Leg/knee pain! (my PT story)
What were the exercises they gave you
2009-08-04 4:28 PM
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Subject: RE: Stupid Leg/knee pain! (my PT story)
trainee - 2009-08-04 4:09 PM

What were the exercises they gave you


Yeah, I'd be interested as well. I have somewhat similar issues and would love to compare notes.
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