Ramblings from a biker boy

In the beginning of this week, I managed to get around to go see a sports doctor to have a look at the knee. Since I came back, I have slowly started to bike and run again and I have also taken up kayaking. Thankfully I have not felt anything in the knee, but as I have both a long bike race across Sweden and the Helsinki Marathon coming up I felt that it would be best to get a professional opinion about the knee.

So, after having felt on the knee and done various jerks with the leg the doctor declared that there was no issue with ligaments, meniscus (my main concern) or anything else so I was “free” to continue any training I wanted (after having gotten rid of the cold I had). That felt good and after another couple of days to let the cold get out of the body, I am now back in training. I don’t know if I’ll get enough miles in the body for the bike race, but as things are now I’ll give it a try.

You want to know what was the problem with my knee? Well, I have no idea – I asked the doctor and all he said was that those kind of things occur sometimes when you’re active… My best guess is that it was a combination of many miles and a slight twist of the knee in my fall and that resting have resolved it. But I’ll guess I’ll have to wait and see if it appears again. Now I at least know that there doesn’t seem to be anything seriously wrong with the knee physically.

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