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From: mackay@mrao.cam.ac.uk (David J.C. MacKay)
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Subject: Knee problems
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Dear Ultimate Players,

I'm seeking advice about knee problems. There are a number of web
pages already that discuss knees, but most of them are concerned with
major injuries to the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) and major
surgery to repair it, and my situation is not in that league [I hope].

My symptoms are: after intense running (in which I don't have any knee
pain) when I am walking normally, I occasionally get intense pain in
the knee, as if some part of the knee has got a little bit out of
line. This especially occurs when the leg is almost straight, e.g.,
when going down stairs at the point of putting weight onto the
leg. This condition is now persisting for several days, so I need to
do something about it. Having read some of the medical documents on
ACL injury, I think the apparent looseness is consistent with having a
stretched ACL (I don't think I've actually torn it). A medical friend
suggested `damaged minisci' as another hypothesis.

Has anyone had similar problems? Would a knee brace help with this
sort of problem?  Does anyone have a recommended brand of knee brace?
Are there particular stretches and exercises that are a good idea? And
are there exercises that are a *bad* idea?

Please, if you have had similar knee problems, could you send your
advice to me and I will put it all on a web page here:
<a href="http://wol.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk/ultimate/knees.html">Knee problems</a>.

Thanks,
David

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