Day 22. Upper Limit
What better way to promote a quick recovery than rock climbing. I had been invited by some co-workers to go rock climbing and thought I'd give it a shot.
We went to the Upper Limits climbing "gym" in Bloomington, IL. After abysmally failing the belay test (it's been at least 10 years since I last belayed) we go to climb. My knee was feeling pretty good. The only thing I couldn't do is some weird bending of the knee. Other than that it was no different than climbing stairs.
The only time I had climbed in the past was in boy scouts and a few of those portable towers. All were designed to be climbed by anyone. This place was not. I made 2 full silo ascents on 5.7 and 5.8s. I climbed an auto belay 5-6 more times. I attempted to go as high as I could on the 5.9 route but gave up (or fell). I much enjoyed the bouldering 'cave' better. Lots of grips everywhere but it still tested your upper and lower body strength and if you fell it was no more than 4'.
My knee was a bit stiff afterwards but nothing more than usual. Felt great to get out and get a workout.
We went to the Upper Limits climbing "gym" in Bloomington, IL. After abysmally failing the belay test (it's been at least 10 years since I last belayed) we go to climb. My knee was feeling pretty good. The only thing I couldn't do is some weird bending of the knee. Other than that it was no different than climbing stairs.
The only time I had climbed in the past was in boy scouts and a few of those portable towers. All were designed to be climbed by anyone. This place was not. I made 2 full silo ascents on 5.7 and 5.8s. I climbed an auto belay 5-6 more times. I attempted to go as high as I could on the 5.9 route but gave up (or fell). I much enjoyed the bouldering 'cave' better. Lots of grips everywhere but it still tested your upper and lower body strength and if you fell it was no more than 4'.
My knee was a bit stiff afterwards but nothing more than usual. Felt great to get out and get a workout.
Labels: climbing, recovery, return to sports
posted by Jed at
3:00 PM
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Wow, 3 new ACL's. I could not even imagine rock climbing at 22 days. It sounds like you are doing great.
What has been your experience with ACL braces?
After surgery #1 I had an immobilizer brace. I wore that off and on for I think around 2 weeks. As I found out from my other two surgeries, I think that's the absolute worst thing I could have done to aid in recovery.
Rugby, because of it's physical nature, doesn't allow any metal braces to be worn during sports. I do have a neoprene wrap that I use, but that's just to keep the heat in when it starts to get stiff.
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