For the last two months I have had knee problems. It started out with a little pain in my right knee and got progressively worse. I thought it was because I had been going to this weight-lifting class, because it involved tons of lunges and squats. Good for the butt, hard on the knees. Anyway, I stopped doing pretty much all physical activity, apart from a little swimming, cycling, and walking. It has been so hard because it takes me so long to get in shape, and I had no choice but to stop running, which I have been doing since high school.
Anyway long story short, I went to a Sports Med Doctor, he took a look at me, and of course my knee is just rubbing the wrong way, it happens to a lot of women, you just have to live with it. My hips are a little misaligned, bla bla bla. I absolutely hate when it ends up being something I "just have to manage and live with." Anyway some advice for everyone, women especially, it is really important to do things like yoga and pilates, because it helps to align your hips and helps your knees to work properly as well. I had not been doing pilates, and I think that plus not enough stretching plus bad knees and bad back = knee problems. Now I am doing physical therapy every day, which is basically pilates. It is so hard!! I am sore every day.
The ironic part of this story, is that, throughout all this, I have gotten smaller... But it is just because I have lost muscle, so I can't say I am thrilled about it. Plus, when you have a bum as large as mine, running and weight-lifting are what defies gravity, so that sucks..for now anyway. Hopefully I can gradually start running again. But it does feel nice to be a little smaller, I am not going to lie :)
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