SweeperDee Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Looking for a bit of injury-related advice P&Bers. Anyone here has keyhole surgery to a meniscal tear? I've got a large lateral tear and a smaller vertical one in my knee cartilage. I've seen a specialist who's put me forward for an op to trim the cartilage down to the offending tear, as it's torn in an area that can't regenerate. What i'm wondering is the length of time from the op to recover to the extent that I can run, cycle, hillwalk etc. My fitness is in the toilet as a result of this, and I'm way overweight. I've been told I can expect an op end of March. In the meantime I've started going back to the gym solely to use a crosstrainer on high-ish resistance and a recumvent bike, again on high resistance in an effort to strengthen the leg muscles in some sort of futile gesture aimed at easing my recovery time. Any advice would be great, especially from anyone else who's had this done. Cheers. Don't rush it. Took me a full year and a half to recover from injuries to both ACL's. I'm sure you've been given physio routines to follow? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Don't rush it. Took me a full year and a half to recover from injuries to both ACL's. I'm sure you've been given physio routines to follow? Nope, I expect to get those either just before the Op or immediately following it. I've been told I can run etc after a few weeks but I will suffer discomfort for 12-18 months after exercise 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 f**k it. Just do upper body and get some ridiculous t shirt muscles going. Skinny legs but massive arms. The girls obviously love that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 f**k it. Just do upper body and get some ridiculous t shirt muscles going. Skinny legs but massive arms. The girls obviously love that. Perhaps it's the way forward. One of the instructors at the local centre seems to have an upper body to legs ratio similar to that of Kingsley. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Perhaps it's the way forward. One of the instructors at the local centre seems to have an upper body to legs ratio similar to that of Kingsley. That's basically 90% of personal instructors and people that lift in general. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulliemc Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I've had that op. And it was way sorer than a similar one to tidy up after a torn acl on the same knee. I didn't really do much different in the gym tbh afterwards but it was about 8 weeks before I dared and I started slowly. Between that and the acl I find that as long as I keep away from any twisting exercise and concentrate on form everything is fine. I can run and cycle no problem now but I hammered the cross trainer when I was recovering. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead81 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Anyone been to a spin class? Thinking of booking one to try, have heard they are effective (if somewhat intense!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead81 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Yep. They are effective though the intensity is built up gradually. This probably sounds daft but with regards to the resistance on the bike does the instructor tell you as and when to increase etc? Had a look on the north Lanarkshire site and there is 45 min classes near me - there are 30 min ones too which would have been ideal but the timing doesn't suit as will be back at work 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabGaz Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 The instructor will tell you when to put the resistance up (or down). These classes are excellent for fitness but spin can be a fairly brutal experience if you haven't been before and go off too hard. I'd take it easy-ish for the first few classes then build up from there to feel the benefit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead81 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 The instructor will tell you when to put the resistance up (or down). These classes are excellent for fitness but spin can be a fairly brutal experience if you haven't been before and go off too hard. I'd take it easy-ish for the first few classes then build up from there to feel the benefit. Thank you I have booked a class so will see how I go. If I don't post on this again it means I have kicked the bucket after the first class! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I've had that op. And it was way sorer than a similar one to tidy up after a torn acl on the same knee. I didn't really do much different in the gym tbh afterwards but it was about 8 weeks before I dared and I started slowly. Between that and the acl I find that as long as I keep away from any twisting exercise and concentrate on form everything is fine. I can run and cycle no problem now but I hammered the cross trainer when I was recovering. Hmm. I take it a full week of hillwalking 6 weeks afterwards might be somewhat foolhardy then? The instructor will tell you when to put the resistance up (or down). These classes are excellent for fitness but spin can be a fairly brutal experience if you haven't been before and go off too hard. I'd take it easy-ish for the first few classes then build up from there to feel the benefit. I took up spin classes about 3 years ago thinking I was reasonably fit at the time and hammered it. I almost spewed after about 15 mins It's a great fitness class to get into though. I'll go back to it once my knee is ok 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulliemc Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 It will be tender but the more you get on the horse the easier it gets. I took up spin and RPM once my knee and calf rejected running and jumping around and the fitter you get the harder it becomes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hmm. I take it a full week of hillwalking 6 weeks afterwards might be somewhat foolhardy then? I took up spin classes about 3 years ago thinking I was reasonably fit at the time and hammered it. I almost spewed after about 15 mins It's a great fitness class to get into though. I'll go back to it once my knee is ok When I can no longer do my exercises in the garage and I move out this is the plan, join a gym and get spin classed ooot ma nut. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabGaz Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I took up spin and RPM once my knee and calf rejected running and jumping around and the fitter you get the harder it becomes. Aye, but I find it's a different kind of pain. Once you get used to it you see how far you can push yourself and in a weird way it's quite enjoyable when you reach breaking point. On your first effort though you're really just trying not to be sick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Anyone been to a spin class? Thinking of booking one to try, have heard they are effective (if somewhat intense!)If you go into the gym on your own and use a spin bike they have spin videos built in where a virtual instructor talks you through a routine.As others have said spinning is great workout but takes a bit of getting used to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead81 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 If you go into the gym on your own and use a spin bike they have spin videos built in where a virtual instructor talks you through a routine. As others have said spinning is great workout but takes a bit of getting used to. Cheers, will give that a shot - I wouldn't have known/thought of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Never got into doing cardio indoors that can be done outdoors tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Weighed myself a couple of days ago for the first time in about 2 years. 13.5 stone, which is about the same as I weighed when I moved here 3 and a half years ago. The first 6 months I was here I was unemployed and done a massive amount of cardio as a way of relieving boredom and creating a routine. Lost a stone and a half and dropped a size in clothing. Since the start of last year I've been fannying about with light weights(5 to 10kg dumb bells) doing a variety of exercises with them, managing to keep a fairly static routine of 3 times a week, with a bit of cardio thrown in. I've yet to go back up in clothes size, though my arms, shoulders and chest are a little tight in a few of my old tee shirts. I assume this is good, but feel that a 1.5st weight increase cannot solely come from muscle gain. Think I might drop a little of the weights and add more cardio back in. Hopefully this will bring my weight back down a little, whenever I get round to weighing myself again, probably in another 2 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Going by what you've said that is nowhere near a 1.5 stone gain in lean mass. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Going by what you've said that is nowhere near a 1.5 stone gain in lean mass. I won't admit it to the missus, but I know it's not the case. There has been some muscle mass increase but I think the drop in cardio is probably a bigger reason, though I'm not exactly filling out. Perhaps weighing myself right after Christmas and New Year was also a contributory factor. Whatever the case I'm mostly happy and had been planning on doing more cardio again anyway, having given my hip the best part of 18 months rest from regular running up the hills. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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