Knee Update

Alright, I have been slacking on the supplement research, but hopefully there should be another post coming up in a week or so. Firstly, I would like to thank you all for the prayers that went out for my speedy recovery in those few weeks for, (prayer works yall)! On the flip side, I have found out what is going on with my knee, KINDA. I have been trying to get a diagnosis on whatever it is thats bothering my knee. I went to my chiropractor, massage therapist, an accupuncturist, a lady who specializes in exercise physiology, and got an MRI too. No one could tell me with any definitive answer what was going on. It was a lot of guesswork, but the MRI was the most helpful as far as information.

So, I received the preliminary (MRI) results from the radiologist on Tuesday and they said that I had no tears, fractures, or bruises of any kind. They did mention that my muscle definition was excellent and that it is very strong with all ligiments and tendons intact. Also, towards the bottom of my knee where some of the muscles in my quad, hamstring, and Iliotibial (IT) band connect are a little inflamed and has been causing the muscles around to pull one way or another which was most notably the cause of the excruciating pain in the knee area. Needless to say I need to ice regularly, and lay off of the high intensity workouts for a few weeks to let the swelling go down and muscles to return to normal form.

For some reason my coach wants to claim that I have some tendinitis, which is just swelling of the tendons (serious inflamation) which if not treated accordingly CAN lead to tears in your muscles. Im glad I wasn't planning on doing much for indoor season because this setback would have put me out for all indoor just about. When I get back to actual track workouts I will still have over a month to get on target for my first outdoor meet. All in all good news, just a little speed bump, ya know...this is the life of an athlete