"Nelson Binch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:I don't really understand it, but I'm really starting to have problems
with
Quoted message said:my right knee. The funny thing is, it was my left knee that I hurt badly last winter. Now it seems
perfectly healthy while after a relatively
short
Quoted message said:ride (5 miles) on my one and only bike with a compact drivetrain (no big gears to push) my right
knee is begging for Advil Liquigels (the best form of Ibuprofen ever made.)
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I have a pretty constant pain in my right knee, just above the kneecap and often right beneath it as
well. Sometimes working it (i.e., riding) makes it feel a lot better, sometimes it makes it a lot
worse. I've found that biking (and hiking, and sitting - doing anything) with an ACE brace makes it
feel a whole lot better - I have the white one with metal stabilizers along both sides. Before I
wore the brace, I could tell I was favoring my left side, which led to pain in the left knee. Try
the brace - it's only about $10 - and see if that helps. Do try to equalize both sides - my father
has chronic lower back problems because, after his appendectomy 30-odd years ago, his left ab
muscles never quite healed properly, so were never as strong as his right side. After over 3 decades
of favoring the left side, and leaning just the slightest bit, his lower spine is tweaked just
enough to nag him every waking moment of the day.
Chris (should see a doctor about the damn knee)
