Discussion: How soon should one go to PT?
in: Orienteering; Training & Technique
Oct 29, 2008 4:17 AM
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I was wondering how long one should wait before going to see a phys therapist?
I pulled my knee running last wkend (Oct 19) in a weird place. For the first couple days the front of my knee hurt and it felt very stiff when I sat and then tried to move it. It also hurt if I bent it in to an angle of less than 90 degrees, but usually once past 90 degrees it was okay. Walking down stairs hurt for about 5 days. eventually the pain moved to the inner-side of my knee and only bothers me if I am running fast, doing crunches (have my knee bent for extended period of time), and occasionally if I am sitting and then move it.
I was planning on making a PT appt if it wasn't better by the end of this week. It is feeling a lot better, so I was thinking of not going. It is not back to normal though, so is not going to PT a bad idea?
any advice?
Sorry for the extensive litany of knee issues. I just have a tendency of letting minor injuries go so they become persistently obnoxious.
I've been icing it, taking ibuprofen, stretching (though it seems to have started in an unstretchable place, and semi-took it easy. as in, did things slowwer or less full out than usual for a couple days. Still being careful when I run and if it hurts doing anything, I slow down.
I pulled my knee running last wkend (Oct 19) in a weird place. For the first couple days the front of my knee hurt and it felt very stiff when I sat and then tried to move it. It also hurt if I bent it in to an angle of less than 90 degrees, but usually once past 90 degrees it was okay. Walking down stairs hurt for about 5 days. eventually the pain moved to the inner-side of my knee and only bothers me if I am running fast, doing crunches (have my knee bent for extended period of time), and occasionally if I am sitting and then move it.
I was planning on making a PT appt if it wasn't better by the end of this week. It is feeling a lot better, so I was thinking of not going. It is not back to normal though, so is not going to PT a bad idea?
any advice?
Sorry for the extensive litany of knee issues. I just have a tendency of letting minor injuries go so they become persistently obnoxious.
I've been icing it, taking ibuprofen, stretching (though it seems to have started in an unstretchable place, and semi-took it easy. as in, did things slowwer or less full out than usual for a couple days. Still being careful when I run and if it hurts doing anything, I slow down.
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