http://justatitch.com/everydaylife/determi-knee-tion/ Sweetness, with a Shot of Sass. Mon, 14 May 2012 00:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://justatitch.com/everydaylife/determi-knee-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-218 The post where I want your sympathy real bad. « Just A Titch Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:57:44 +0000 http://justatitch.com/?p=465#comment-218 [...] I want your sympathy real bad. 2009 June 11 by justatitch A few weeks ago, I’d mentioned that I’d been having some nagging knee pain in my left knee. My trainer’s at the boot camp gym I go to assured me that it was likely due [...] [...] I want your sympathy real bad. 2009 June 11 by justatitch A few weeks ago, I’d mentioned that I’d been having some nagging knee pain in my left knee. My trainer’s at the boot camp gym I go to assured me that it was likely due [...]

]]> http://justatitch.com/everydaylife/determi-knee-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Kate Fri, 29 May 2009 00:40:30 +0000 http://justatitch.com/?p=465#comment-217 Wellll.....if I may. "Runner's knee" is not exactly "runner's knee." Meaning: everyone just thinks it's a stressed out tendon and the advice given about it (usually to ice, stretch, run less, etc.) is insufficient because it only treats the symptom. If you've been to hell and back with a running injury as I have, though, you end up studying a lot about how the body works because traditional doctors view how it works very differently. Traditional docs just told me that my foot would be f-ed up forever and wanted to shoot me up with cortisone or have me wear an orthotic for the rest of my life for pain management. So, I prefer to go with the alternative docs (such as my osteopath/chiropractor) who actually fixed my foot and got me running again through a series of correcting misalignments in my body AND teaching me postural things I could do, alternative stretches, etc. If you're getting runner's knee, there are mechaical misalignments in your hips and body that are causing things to be off balance and they need correction or they will only ever get worse. Don't freak--EVERYONE has these misalignments, and for those who get them looked at before they become a serious problem, and for those who start getting treatment, it's all okay. In a way, you can now be proud--you're an ATHLETE now, girl, so body work is almost certainly going to become a necessary part of your life. It's a badge of honor. I know you live in Sac-Town and it's a haul, but you might want to call my doctor, Dr. Paul Walton in Orinda, to see if he has recommendations for someone who lives closer to you. I unfortunately wasted some time and money on some real quacks when I first got started. And definitely make the time and investment to go to "On the Run," a store that is located near Golden Gate Park in SF (if you come on a random day like an early Tuesday afternoon, you won't hit any traffic in SF). At On the Run, they can do a computer evaluation of your feet and fit you with the right shoes, plus give you a good all-purpose orthotic. Okay, okay, I stop with the advice giving now. I usually hate to be so pushy with it, but man oh man do I wish someone had been pushy with me, way back in the day. Wellll…..if I may. “Runner’s knee” is not exactly “runner’s knee.” Meaning: everyone just thinks it’s a stressed out tendon and the advice given about it (usually to ice, stretch, run less, etc.) is insufficient because it only treats the symptom. If you’ve been to hell and back with a running injury as I have, though, you end up studying a lot about how the body works because traditional doctors view how it works very differently. Traditional docs just told me that my foot would be f-ed up forever and wanted to shoot me up with cortisone or have me wear an orthotic for the rest of my life for pain management. So, I prefer to go with the alternative docs (such as my osteopath/chiropractor) who actually fixed my foot and got me running again through a series of correcting misalignments in my body AND teaching me postural things I could do, alternative stretches, etc. If you’re getting runner’s knee, there are mechaical misalignments in your hips and body that are causing things to be off balance and they need correction or they will only ever get worse. Don’t freak–EVERYONE has these misalignments, and for those who get them looked at before they become a serious problem, and for those who start getting treatment, it’s all okay. In a way, you can now be proud–you’re an ATHLETE now, girl, so body work is almost certainly going to become a necessary part of your life. It’s a badge of honor. I know you live in Sac-Town and it’s a haul, but you might want to call my doctor, Dr. Paul Walton in Orinda, to see if he has recommendations for someone who lives closer to you. I unfortunately wasted some time and money on some real quacks when I first got started. And definitely make the time and investment to go to “On the Run,” a store that is located near Golden Gate Park in SF (if you come on a random day like an early Tuesday afternoon, you won’t hit any traffic in SF). At On the Run, they can do a computer evaluation of your feet and fit you with the right shoes, plus give you a good all-purpose orthotic. Okay, okay, I stop with the advice giving now. I usually hate to be so pushy with it, but man oh man do I wish someone had been pushy with me, way back in the day.

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