Recovering From Microfracture Surgery

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Location:

Manhattan,KS,

Member Since:

Sep 16, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

400m = 55.7; 800m = 2:03; 1500m = 4:08; 1 Mile = 4:24; 2 Mile = 9:28; 5k = 15:26; 8k = 25:35; 10k = 32:12; 15k = 49:50; 10 Miles = 53:27; 1/2 M = 1:13:50 (during marathon); Marathon = 2:28:31

Post Microfracture Surgery:

5k = 17:25; 10k = 35:50; 10 Miles = 58:29

Short-Term Running Goals:

Masters USATF Cross Country National Championships 8k in St. Louis, MO!

Maybe a marathon in 2013?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and racing at whatever level I am able to. Possibly run another marathon post Microfracture Surgery in under 3:00.

Personal:

I'm in the Army. I am married with four children (20/17/13/8 years old). Trying to return to previous running form after having microfracture knee surgery in July 2008.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Pegasus 29 A Lifetime Miles:						438.30
Brooks Launch A Lifetime Miles:						429.17
Adios Lifetime Miles:						118.88
Brooks Launch B Lifetime Miles:						206.30
Pegasus 29 B Lifetime Miles:						146.50

Wed, May 07, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
2.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.50

Easy 2.5 miles and 100 push-ups and sit-ups.

Off to see the Ortho later today.

Ok, back from the Ortho. He is supposed to be one of the best in Utah. He is the team ortho for BYU. After checking me out and listening to my symptoms he is almost certain that I have a meniscal tear. Scoping the knee (arthoscopic surgery) to find the tear and then doing a Meniscectomy is what it will take to fix it. So surgery is the next step. The good news is that depending on how bad and the location of the tear he has had some athletes back to full training as soon as 10 days. The worst case is 3-4 weeks. However, I am leaving for Fort Knox in a couple weeks and won't be back until 3 July so we could not schedule the surgery until the 10th of July. If all goes well maybe I can be back training again by the 1st of August. So until then I will just keep up my easy jogging routine as he did not think I would cause any significant damage as long as I took it easy and as long as the pain does not get any worse.

Comments

From Adam RW on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 13:37:14

Welcome back. Sorry it isn't under better circumstances. Good Luck with the Ortho today!

From wheakory on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 14:33:59

Glad to see you blogging. I hope the appointment does reveal the issue.

From josse on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 18:16:11

I am so glad to hear that you have found out what is wrong with your knee. I wish you could get the surgery before you left and then you would be back in full when you got back, but oh well. Hope everything goes well and we will be awaiting your return.

From MichelleL on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 18:31:28

Could you try calling the surgeon twice a week to see if he has a cancellation? It would let him know you really want it done before the trip and perhaps you'll get squeezed in?

From James W on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 21:08:37

Glad to hear you were able to determine the cause of the problem. My wife's cousin, who is a PT, was recently diagnosed with the same issue and is also having surgery to take care of it. I agree with Michelle - try calling regularly, or see if you can get on a cancellation list to get the surgery done before you head out - then you have that much less time to wait before you can start back up again with your training.

From sarah on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 23:30:20

Glad to know there may be a solution to your problem. Also good job for the whole Leblow family...your boys are doing really well in their training.

From Brent on Sun, May 11, 2008 at 16:41:15

Ted, sorry to hear about your problem, I have had an MRI done recently to confirm my problem, meniscal tear. I have not scheduled surgery in fear of not finding the best to do the surgery. Hope your surgery goes well. I worry about further damage and have opted to not run, cross training instead.

Good luck, B of BS Rools out

From dave holt on Sun, May 11, 2008 at 17:19:10

I had a girl on my team with the same thing. Unfortunately, her's ended up being very bad and the surgery went from minor to quite major. But even still, she is up and around and will be looking to get running sometime this summer.

Hope your's goes much better.

From jtshad on Wed, May 14, 2008 at 07:55:05

Glad you finally have a better idea of what the problem is. Ensure you feel comfortable and confident with the surgeon (which it sounds like you are).

Hope you trip to Fort Knox goes well.

Take care my friend.

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