Why do you think Grant carries hatchets? Grin. I'm no help for what may or may not work on the bike. However, what you describe sounds like condramylagia (sp?), which I got growing up and had two surgeries for by the time I was 17. Basically, the cartilage under the knee cap is tearing. Here is what helped mine:
-- muscle strengthening. I do squats, very slow up and down. As well as trail run and bike regularly. As your quads build up, the pain should decrease significantly. -- real bone broth. We have this regularly year round. Simmer bones in a pot for 24 hours with a tablespoon of vinegar. Once the broth is gone, repeat. Till the bones are gone (or we eat them). This gives your body the raw building materials for structural healing, bones, tendons, etc. We use oxtail. -- Walk and run with better alignment and motion. I don't know if this can be done other ways or not, but I know going barefoot as often as possible does this. Heal well! With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, July 31, 2014 1:39:18 PM UTC-6, Liesl wrote: > > Hi Friends, > > I looked back at previous threads, most notably the link below on short > cranks and knee pain; however, perhaps this question is slightly different. > > Over the past week or a bit longer, I've developed a really pronounced > pain in my right knee. It's on under the front part of my kneecap and is > bad enough that I stopped riding and am limping a bit. I do think it's > riding related. Here's some info: I switched pedals maybe a week or two > ago from thin griptsters to sneaker pedals. I switched back and forth > between seats/seatposts during this time as well, and may have gotten the > height off. The right knee was bothering me a little bit during this time, > but then really got sore two days ago when I rode up a short but extremely > steep hill that I usually walk up (for locals, it was the long bit of > driveway between pleasant and w. irvine ave adjacent to Ramsey hill). I > dropped down to granny gears and sat part of the way and then stood up to > finish the hill. The next meaning I was just about hobbled—but only my > right knee. Left knee is fine as can be. > > Suggestions? Advice? Thanks in advance... > > here's the most previous thread I looked at > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/short$20crank/rbw-owners-bunch/vJf-xAPTC-Q/cNWWDMyIb1YJ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
