Anyone ever come back from a bad knee injury to run again?
I tore my ACL in 1984. Had it scoped to repair torn cartilidge but didn't go
through the harsh-at-the-time ACL surgery. Since then I've always had lots
of play in my knee and couldn't do cutting sports anymore, but had no
problem running on it. I'd have shin splints before I felt knee pain. (Used
to do up to 10 miles at around 8 min or less pace.)
In the late 90's, I stopped exercising and my weight ballooned from about
160 to a peak of 220 last year. I'm back down to 180 and shooting for 160's.
I feel fit from cycling and weight training but really miss running. Last
week I ran 1/2 mile at my gym track and the next day and several days after
the knee was really sore. I suspect it has deteriorated over the years from
excess weight and wear and running is just not in the cards. Still, would
like to know if anybody has had similar experiences and whether they've been
able to run again. Also, what did you do to fix the problem? (Surgery,
injections?)
Thanks for any comments.