Lori Hayward
LIV2RYD in VA
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> From: Elisa Eshbaugh <eshbaugh@avicom.net>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Knee Blowout
> Date: Thursday, August 28, 1997 12:40 PM
>
> My sister and I both noticed knee problems which we described as stiff
and
> painful especially with any movement after a ride with the pain centered
> where we imagined the lower knee cap to be. I always thought it was
genetic
> until recently when I started doing other types of exercise and got the
> same pain. I thought I'd have to go to a specialist and get some brace or
> something to get my legs tracking right. When I asked the physical
> therapist at my health club to recommend a doctor he suggested I try some
> stretching first because I have very tight quads from all that posting
> action associated with riding. Since he mentioned it, I learned the
correct
> way to stretch and do this before and after each ride as well as a few
> times each day just to increase flexibility in an area I've obviously
> neglected all my life. It is helping immensely. Perhaps some of you can
> find a similarly FREE and easy fix. Heaven forbid it interfere with
riding!
>