The never-ending saga of the knee

I bit of a summary and an update.
  • Knee surgery last May followed by PT
  • Several weeks of PT there was a sharp pain in the knee joint
  • The MD stopped PT and gave me exercises to do
  • Returned to MD and things were still not good
  • MD gave me a Cortisone shot
  • 24 hours later, things started to feel better
  • For 3 wonderful days I almost had my knee back
  • Then, day 4, there was a minor twinge or two in the knee, no big deal… I thought
  • Day 5 pain returned
  • Day 6 pain increased
  • Day 7 it stopped bending and it took me 30 minutes to get it to bend again
  • Now back using a cane.
During this time, I have also tried
  • Santi Shi of Xingyiquan and initially it helped, then things got worse, stopped Xingyiquan
  • Then tried Siu Lim Tao (Wing Chun) Initially things got better. Then it too went bad
  • Worked with Yoga, things were great for a bit, and then that went bad as well
  • Was still able to do a short form of Sun Style Taijiquan,
  • Was at ¾ of the Traditional Yang Taijiquan form
  • But once back on a cane, nothing.
Also beginning to think the knee exercises from PT and the MD were causing me issues as was the stretching from PT, so that stopped just yesterday.

Replaced PT stretches with old fashion martial arts stretches and that, so far, a whole 2 days in, seems to be ok

This brings me to today, yesterday actually.

I was sitting in my recliner, with nearby cane, elevating the legs. Getting very VERY tired of watching TV and just sitting there, so I began to think… “What the heck can I do”

I started thinking about qigong and all I have learned and then Baduanjin (eight pieces of brocade) popped into my head. So, I gave it a try, and actually the knee felt better. Just did it again today and it felt fine. Now I have been down this road before (see Santi Shi, Siu Lim Tao and Yoga) so I will see how it goes.

Also getting acupuncture and have an herbal oil to rub on the knee, and this seems to be helping as well, at the moment.

I will return to see the doctor in a couple weeks and if things are still not good, I expect an MRI and then possibly more surgery. What the surgery will be, I do not know. Could be another meniscus repair, could be a partial or full knee replacement, I don’t know, time will tell.

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