Patella tracking disorder - the long road ahead starts at 4 miles

Posted by admin | August 11, 2008 .

So, after a long four month period on the side lines I finally made my way back onto the tread mill. It is hard to believe I had my MRI back in April, but as they say “time flies”. What is apparent a day after the event is any muscle memory that I built up in my legs has been long forgotten. At the gym, I focused on stablizing the patella, specifically working the quadriceps to build up a bit of strenth around the kneecap, but for now results are TBD!

The other area that I need to focus on in the up and coming months is stretching. Not sure about the rest of you, but I have struggled my entire life with flexibility. Something I will focus on in the next few months is creating a stretching routine that will hopefully take some further strain off the kneecaps.

At this point 10 weeks to train for the marathon would be madness, so the aim at this point is to make the NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix in Queens. Fingers crossed