The pool finally worked out this morning. It has been over 2 months since I have been swimming and I have to admit I was a little nervous to get back in the water. I really had no idea how my knee would react. Turns out I had nothing to worry about, other than the fact that I am no longer in swimming shape. My knee felt great in the water and I think the cool water and no impact movement was therapeutic. I started with 5 laps using the pull buoy to make sure that I didn't kick at all. From there, I did 5 laps using a kickboard, which was only kicking. I was surprised that there was no pain at all with the kickboard. Since both of those went well I did a straight swim for the last 10 laps. That gave me a total of 1000 yards for the workout. I have a long way to go until I am ready for an Ironman swim, but now that I am back in the pool I can start to get my swim fitness back. I am going to try to swim 3 times a week, probably Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
I was able to get another hour long walk in today during planning too. My speed is still increasing. I walked 4.5 miles today in an hour and 2 minutes. I had no pain while walking, but I did notice some soreness towards the end of the day. I was also having a little pain while I was doing my PT work. The single leg wall sits are the ones that hurt the most especially at the bottom of the kneecap. I will ask Dr. Karyn about that on Friday. I also thought that I had taken care of the cramping at the back of my knee, but it seems to have come back a bit. Looks like more stretching is in order.
After the track meet today I was able to get in a short workout.
Core 13x25
Planks 4x1minute
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