Knee frustrations

[Boerklong]

I had an ACL reconstruction and had problems eversince. My knee seized up K2C but managedto finish.had pain on the exact same place. Went to Ockie van Zyl at Panorama Mediclinic and he sorted it out! The guy is a pro and knows his stuff... no wonder he has CAPE TOWN KNEE UNIT on his letterhead/signage... hes words to me was "As ons klaar is met daai knieg gaan jy n fiets trap laat die snot spat." Ive got snot all over my kit these days....

[Maniax]

How did he sort it out?

[Baron]

If you want to ride Argus, it is now to late for any longterm cure take Cataflam and enjoy the Argus.

 

 

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/89137-cataflam/



Cataflam (diclofenac potassium) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). This medicine works by reducing substances in the body that cause pain and inflammation

[Boerklong]

Atroskopie (afrikaans). Had a dr work on my knee before him with no sucsess. My GP advised me not to do K2C but I had the appointment for the Tuesday after K2C. I got given voltarin suppositries as there was no stronger pain killer that I could take orraly. Only tried one and said stuff that. Ill keep my virginaty and trap through the pain.

Edited March 5, 2014 by Boerklong

[Maniax]

Does myprodol work the same?

[SwissVan]

Does myprodol work the same?

 

Soap box time:

 

Do you really have to do the Argus, is it life or death or perhaps career ending if you dont?

The pain is there for a reason, using pain killers to hide it just so you can ride argus this weekend is not going achieve anything and is kind of reckless in a stupid way.

 

Rather get it diagnosed and sorted out properly.

 

Good luck and sorry for the lecture you did not want to hear

[Baron]

Myprodal is a good pain killer that contains ibuprofen

Ibuprofen (International Nonproprietary Name) ( or from the nomenclature iso-butyl-propanoic-phenolic acid) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used for relief of symptoms of arthritis, fever and and reducing inflamation

 

Cataflam is a Diclofenac (marketed under many brand names, see below: number Trade names) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) taken to reduce inflammation and as an analgesic reducing pain in certain conditions

[Sniffie]

If you want to ride Argus, it is now to late for any longterm cure take Cataflam and enjoy the Argus.

 

 

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/89137-cataflam/



Cataflam (diclofenac potassium) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). This medicine works by reducing substances in the body that cause pain and inflammation

Not good advice to take a NSAID before or during exercise! This is serious. You can end up with kidney damage or even worse complete failure. Plenty of info on the subject here on the hub. Ask any of our resident doctors like V 12 man. Enjoy the argus without any painkillers or NSAID's, it is far safer. Trust your body's endorphins to produce the pain killing!

[Harryn]

If you want to ride Argus, it is now to late for any longterm cure take Cataflam and enjoy the Argus.

 

 

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/89137-cataflam/



Cataflam (diclofenac potassium) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). This medicine works by reducing substances in the body that cause pain and inflammation

 

Ping V12 man, hub go-to guy for all things medical. And coffee.

[Maniax]

I started cycling last year March with the purpose of riding the argus this year. Not giving up.

Thanks for the advice. Its icepacks and stretching time!

[V12man]

I started cycling last year March with the purpose of riding the argus this year. Not giving up.

Thanks for the advice. Its icepacks and stretching time!

 

 

The stretch I like is a combination of the Figure 4 stretch at 1:11 so you sit like that, and the seated stretch demonstrated at 2:33 - right heel on left knee and pull the right knee across towards the left shoulder - you will feel the stretch primarily in the upper thigh, buttock area.

 

If you can't move your knee past your midline during this stretch, then you are highly likely to be susceptible to ITBFS - couple of weeks of this stretch and you will visibly see improvement in how far you can get it across.

 

Also you should check your setup very carefully - I have seen setups done using left or right legs only - unfortunately not everyone has equal length legs.....

[Maniax]

Thanks. I did jiu-jitsu, so I'm quite flexible (compared to the average joe my age). I can rest my chin on my knee with that stretch. But its a lekker one. I'll definitely add it to my stretching routine thanks.

[Ratty]

I started cycling last year March with the purpose of riding the argus this year. Not giving up.

Thanks for the advice. Its icepacks and stretching time!

 

There is a natural anti-inflammatory that you can get from the chemist, just can't remember the name now. I was prescribed it for my ITB (pain was above and in the same area you pointed out) when I desperately wanted to do a race. Was told to take it a few days prior to the race and also on race day (in the morning and half way through). It worked for me.

[KaKa]

I feel for you, i did a race with a thorn in my knee (that was not wise)

In the past i experienced knee pain and to make a long short it was the saddle that was too "hard" ie a nerve was pinced while riding coursing the knee pain. i changed the saddle and the pain was gone.

when i had the thorn in my knee the swelling caused pressure on a nerve and it caused the same pain as u discribing same position

[taito]

This also happened to me after a 150k day training day for the TB on the roadbike. I even visited a knee specialist.

 

Bottom line is dont overtrain,spin light gears as far as possible.

 

It seems its a small Bursar where the tendon meets the bone that was overworked.

 

I now keep my training rides under 100k and train more often,this injury took me 3 months to overcome.

Both my ITB`s have been relaxed so its not ITB related.

 

Stay off the bigblade stuff.

[SwissVan]

This also happened to me after a 150k day training day for the TB on the roadbike. I even visited a knee specialist.

 

Bottom line is dont overtrain,spin light gears as far as possible.

 

It seems its a small Bursar where the tendon meets the bone that was overworked.

 

I now keep my training rides under 100k and train more often,this injury took me 3 months to overcome.

Both my ITB`s have been relaxed so its not ITB related.

 

Stay off the bigblade stuff.

 

Yep, lessons of life which are difficult to learn remember.

 

Often you will be training and really hammering a good session enjoying the harder than normal effort / burn / pain (no pain no gain philosphy...) and then a few days / weeks later when you forgotten the specific session a little pain pops up and says HELLOOOOOO FEED ME....

Edited March 6, 2014 by SwissVan