This blog is about dance injury in general, and in particular, my own personal recovery and rehabilitation following a calf injury. There is a lot about hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos Type III Hypermobility Syndrome and the multisystemic nature of my treatment, including documented physiotherapy treatment
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Cycling and Left leg alignment
My left knee has been continuously clicking out of line again lately. Had I not been in hospital last week, I would have seen K who would have realigned my patella again in preparation for cycling in France. K is not here – and so I thought I have plenty of resources to try and solve the problem myself. Firstly I did some Bowen on the knee which has improved it and it is sticking less. Then, I thought, I have done an MSc in Dance Science which included a biomechanics and movement analysis component. Finally, I have done hours of Pilates not to mention reading numerous text books. It was time to pool my knowledge. I realised that my knee turns out and rotates when I am cycling. This is rather amusing for those from behind. The reason it does so relates to the large ROM I have and hypermobility from my hip. I there have spent a few days doing exercises again to strengthen my adductors and medial rotation, which have helped. Cycling is helping with my hamstrings and VM anyway. Finally, I have never been able to do a left hand signal, whilst cycling (same problem side). I realised this was because I was not using the core of my right side adequately, so I ensured I did lots of oblique and upper abdominal work. I also realised that slowing down when trying to signal was also not helping. I put all my work into operation, and hey-presto, I am managing left-hand signals. The knee is sore, but I am aware of how I can solve my problem. I will still ask K to look at it when I get back home.
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