Knee deep
Three weeks ago a certain surgeon called Mr Bollen, he of the gnarl stripe, did his business with my snapped anterior cruciate ligament. This was my first overnight in a hospital and my first general anaesthetic. They’re fun aren’t they?
Fortunately it all went well and I haven’t had any pain from the op, the physios say it’s one of the neatest scars they’ve seen.
I’ve been to the ACL club at Calderdale Royal Infirmary three times now and I’m up to the intermediate recovery plan, which largely involves knee bends (although not deep ones) and proprioception work. My current regime is:
- 10 minutes on the exercise bike
- 20 shallow knee bends (on the bad leg)
- 20 wall squats
- 20 flicks
- wobbles (lie on your front, wobble your foot in a small range of motion at each of three positions for 45 secondes… surprisingly hard)
- 20 unsupported step ups
- 5 minutes walking backwards on an inclined treadmill
- 20 calf raises
- proprioception exercises, touch toes to targets on steps.
- hamstring stretches x 3
- Ice
Add to that a mile a day (as long as the knee doesn’t swell or become painful) and I should be back to bouldering by Christmas… yay!
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GA’s are great – it is the deepest, most welcome sleep, I imagine it must be what it feels like when you finally give in on that mountain in the blizzard, lie down and with total resignation close your eyes.