So the run down is...
-my hips turn inwards which
-makes my knee cap sit on the outside of my femur bone NOT in the knee groove
-there is nothing you can really do to correct it
-I can try physical therapy plus a knee brace to manage it
-I should/will grow out of it by the time I'm 30 (I turn 20 next week)
Obviously I was hoping for better news because there is absolutely no pain pill that I can take that will relieve the pain in any way shape or form. Plus the more I push it, it will give out and hurt 10x worse than it already does. As it is I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night because it hurts and from the time I wake up it only gets worse as the day goes on.
So how will this affect my riding? I have no clue what I am going to with Poncho at this point. I did a quick ride on him yesterday and it was soooo fun to ride BUT excruciating to do. Of course I can't just wait 10 years to ride again, he's not going to sit around that long. So I'm going to be stressing over this for the next several weeks while I see if there's anything this physical therapist may be able to do for me.
I'm definitely feeling pretty bad about this whole situation. And no one really seems to understand just how much all this upsets me as far as my riding goes. I wanted to go FAR and it looks like that dream died on Wednesday :(
I feel your pain. I blew out my knee while galloping on the track during a summer in college and my knee still doesn't stay in place. I tried PT and it just made it hurt 100X worse. My horse at the time came up with a suspens. injury that fall and we took six months off together.
ReplyDeleteThat was the best thing for the pain, and while my knee still acts up so badly sometimes I have to literally crawl off my horse, it's no longer a "You are never going to ride ever again" situation.
As much as not riding SUCKS, give it some time to rest. Maybe take the winter off and get what riding you can in now?
I don't think your physical ailment will limit your dreams, you still have two legs and two arms, and a whole body, even if it doesn't all work correctly.
ReplyDeleteThat really sucks. I'm sorry to hear that, but at least it is not going to last for your entire life! You will figure out how to ride with it I'm sure :)
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