Exercise after injury/trauma
Discussion
So i need some advice but first, a bit of back story.
At the start of the month i injured myself at the motocross track, i never came off but it resulted in a large gash to my leg down to the bone a few inches below my knee. I thoght the the peg must have gone in but the onsite paramedic said it was an impact wound. So off i went to hospital and 5 hours later had 19 stitches, of ocurse not before the nurse slipped her fingers in (my leg ofcourse) to check the bone had no chips in (made me feel sick). I was lucky it didnt and was sent on my way with a fresh dressing and told to to bend it as much a possible to avoid splitting it back open and to get the stichets on the outside removed in 14 days time.
it was quite painfull to walk on and very sitff due to my knee being swollen but after a few days it hurt less was easier to work and the swelling had gone down. the stiffnes had made me worry that i might of damged the cartilidge but i worried less as the movemtn got better.
Now i can walk and go upstairs etc properly but my leg is still slightly stiff and heavy feeling. I plan on going back to the gym next week and wanted to know your thoughts on the best exercise to do? And should i be worried about my knee?
At the start of the month i injured myself at the motocross track, i never came off but it resulted in a large gash to my leg down to the bone a few inches below my knee. I thoght the the peg must have gone in but the onsite paramedic said it was an impact wound. So off i went to hospital and 5 hours later had 19 stitches, of ocurse not before the nurse slipped her fingers in (my leg ofcourse) to check the bone had no chips in (made me feel sick). I was lucky it didnt and was sent on my way with a fresh dressing and told to to bend it as much a possible to avoid splitting it back open and to get the stichets on the outside removed in 14 days time.
it was quite painfull to walk on and very sitff due to my knee being swollen but after a few days it hurt less was easier to work and the swelling had gone down. the stiffnes had made me worry that i might of damged the cartilidge but i worried less as the movemtn got better.
Now i can walk and go upstairs etc properly but my leg is still slightly stiff and heavy feeling. I plan on going back to the gym next week and wanted to know your thoughts on the best exercise to do? And should i be worried about my knee?
AngryPartsBloke said:
Cheers guys, i think i will take your advice and do things slowly. im just so darn impatient, i just want it to be fixed so i can go back to putting myself at risk again 
If you can resist using it until you're 100% confident you can rely on it, you're a better hippo than I.With my wrist, every time it was getting vaguely better, I'd go crazy and it'd end up back at the beginning.
[quote=Ordinary_Chap]I'd say don't do what I have stupidly done many times and rush back to the gym only to prolong the amount of time I spent injured.
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I agree I started training to early after a hernia in 98, i'm sure thats why it hurts now and agan these days, also had an operation 2 weeks ago yesterday and i've wrecked the wound site on my chest by going out on a mountain bike for a few hours utterly stupid.
However knee injury there is plenty you can do to work round it, the hand bike is a good starting point,not easy as its something your not used to doing.
Technogym make 2 really good ones, one with removable seat the other fixed seat, can do interval training on them etc, this will keep your aerobic fitness going and metabolism working there-by aiding you when you get back to rehab specific exercises on that knee, rope grappler machines I put the amputees on those they love them, not easy either and do some specific programme work outs on those as you can the hand bike.
You can still hit the weights, biceps, triceps, lats, delts, pecs, super set them, set out a circuit with these muscle groups, just remember to put the equipment close so your not tempted to push your knee to make the equipment.
If you want to keep your fitness up still worth ticking away at something.
One thing that just occured to me as well, after my hernia op I put a float inbetween my legs and crossed them so I wasn't tempted to kick, the float pushes the hips up in the water and its a good arms only work out and will keep you ticking over, on now account kick, for whatever reason you did do
not do breast stroke as thats very bad for an injuried meniscus.
Also if you google mobility exercises for knee in hydro it will bring up exercises the hydrostatic pressure of water decreases swelling and you can use the property of the water to mobilise the joint so not using any active muscle work.
Look into it, if you cant find any PM me and i'll e-mail you some.
Edited to add ignore my hydro/swimming comments your 14 days down the line with dressing on the wound you can't go near a pool at the moment.
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I agree I started training to early after a hernia in 98, i'm sure thats why it hurts now and agan these days, also had an operation 2 weeks ago yesterday and i've wrecked the wound site on my chest by going out on a mountain bike for a few hours utterly stupid.
However knee injury there is plenty you can do to work round it, the hand bike is a good starting point,not easy as its something your not used to doing.
Technogym make 2 really good ones, one with removable seat the other fixed seat, can do interval training on them etc, this will keep your aerobic fitness going and metabolism working there-by aiding you when you get back to rehab specific exercises on that knee, rope grappler machines I put the amputees on those they love them, not easy either and do some specific programme work outs on those as you can the hand bike.
You can still hit the weights, biceps, triceps, lats, delts, pecs, super set them, set out a circuit with these muscle groups, just remember to put the equipment close so your not tempted to push your knee to make the equipment.
If you want to keep your fitness up still worth ticking away at something.
One thing that just occured to me as well, after my hernia op I put a float inbetween my legs and crossed them so I wasn't tempted to kick, the float pushes the hips up in the water and its a good arms only work out and will keep you ticking over, on now account kick, for whatever reason you did do
not do breast stroke as thats very bad for an injuried meniscus.
Also if you google mobility exercises for knee in hydro it will bring up exercises the hydrostatic pressure of water decreases swelling and you can use the property of the water to mobilise the joint so not using any active muscle work.
Look into it, if you cant find any PM me and i'll e-mail you some.
Edited to add ignore my hydro/swimming comments your 14 days down the line with dressing on the wound you can't go near a pool at the moment.
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