Tuesday, January 22, 2013
January 22 - Duh.
I went to yoga this morning, and my knee felt great for the first 30 minutes of class. Sun salutations, hip openers, warriors up the wazoo - awesome. Then we started doing some poses where I had put my weight on my knees and my right knee really started acting up. My yoga instructor said "Your knee hurts when we do weight-bearing poses." It was such a "duh"moment. My knee doesn't just hurt in weight-bearing poses, it hurts partly because it is ALWAYS carrying the extra weight I put on two years ago. It was like a crystal ball floating in front of me and it said "when you lose weight, your knee will feel better, and you'll be able to run again." Well, powerful mystical universe, I heard you.
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I struggle putting weight on my knees sometimes as well, but that happened even when I was thin and not-as-fat! Something about the placement I think. (Mind you, I also feel uncomfortable sleeping with my knees together on my side!)
ReplyDeleteYou can get special foam things for under your knees can't you? (I'd always meant to get some when I did yoga!)
Deb
I usually have a blanket under my knees which does help, but my knee was hurting in standing weight bearing positions as well. I know all my knee problems won't go away just because I've lost weight, but I'm certain they will get better!
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