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StephenSails

StephenSails

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Was out jogging yesterday afternoon with a longer term goal of taking part in next years London marathon and raising some dosh for charity, torn my cartilage and so off to doctor this morning who has referred me to an osteopath consultant, my first consultation is the 29th of October, in the mean time I cant work properly, in pain and wont be able to do the marathon. God knows when I will get the operation to fix the blooming thing at this rate. So does anyone have any good ideas of how I do a similar challenge with out damaging myself further and raising some money for charity? Any ideas on knee fixes welcomed!

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If you think that is slow. I have a slight problem with nerves in my hand. Started in February. each time I have had an appointment I have chased up an earlier date from a cancelation. I have now seen a consultant 3 times (different one each time naturally) none of them can decide what to do (originallly went to one for a cortico steroid injection cause GP wasnt happy to do it) - latest bright idea is for a MRI scan so I am waiting on that - last experience for MRI scan was for my wife and took a year before she had one

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That doesnt sound very good, similar in a way as this problem Ihav with my knee I am pretty sure has been there for about three years but the doc and physio diagnosed wrongly as house maids knee so as soon as did any real exercise it wasnt going to take very long before I made it worse, which is exactly what I have done, if they had got it right in the first place then i would have done 12 months of physio which didnt really help and i probably wouldnt have started training. Frustrating isnt it!
 
Do the marathon in a wheel chair - should be good for sponsership.
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Seems a bit early to suggest you are out of the marathon.

I had a fairly bad knee injury whilst sailing. I capsized a dart 18 (cat) and lept into water. Unfortnately my foot got caught in the toe strap and as I lept all my weight went on to the knee as if I was diving ' bungee style'.
I had some cartilage and ligament damage.
I went to the sports injury clinic at Southampton General and had treatment that was mainly ultrascan and massaging.

I was given some exercises to build up my quad muscles to support the knee.
Two months later I was back running and six months later I ran the marathon.

Seek advice.. don't give up on the marathon dream just yet !
 
I think its safe to say that I am out as I would have needed all the time between now and next spring to train and I am really only at the very begining of my training, I dont think its fair either for me to apply for a place if I am look doubtful as its always over subscribed.
 
Marathon...

The only thing I will say is that you don't know you've been accepted until about middle of December so you have about four months notice.

Having said that you really need to have a built a 'base' ideally running 18 - 20 miles per week by the time you hit December so perhaps you won't have time.

By the way my marathon running days gave me an unbeliacal hernia so expect a few more injuries along the way !
 
I know I'm part of the system that everybody is slagging off, but we're not all bad and we don't deliberately try to make people wait.

If you've torn a cartilage from running, it may be a meniscul tear; these are the half moon shaped bits of cartilage on top of the tibia which act like teflon load bearing surfaces. you can do a twist injury to the edges of these. The vast majority of these will be treated conservatively ie they get better without surgery. If you need surgery, it would probably be an arthroscopy to shave off the offending loose bit. Don't rule out the marathon yet. If you wanted an opinion sooner ( don't shoot me down), it may be worth paying to see a sports injury specialist- make sure they are an orthopaedic surgeon or physician. Unfortunately if there is any uncertainty about the diagnosis, an MRI is the gold standard imaging technique. There's a big wait on the NHS for these and they cost a fortune privately. It's worth stressing the functinoal impact it is having on your life to anyone you see.

Hope this helps.

Alex
 
As you have posted this on the boaty forum might I suggest that you need the services of a good shipwright? One that is experienced with wooden hulls should be able to put the fastenings in the right place. Go for aluminium bronze as they are the least likely to corrode.
 
The 6 weeks physio was a total waste of time. Told them all along that they were trying to treat a consequence rather than a symptom, but was totally ignored - they knew best, so you have to do what they say until they say - well this doesn't seem to be working, you had better go back to the consultant - result 6 weeks physio + up to 17 weeks wait for another appointment /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
i made enquiries about the cost of a scan and it was "only" £350, not bad if you really want it yesterday.
stu
 
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