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 […]

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New York Marathon - Entry Confirmation!

Posted by admin | April 29, 2008 .

It is official! I got my guaranteed spot in the 2008 NY Marathon! Problem is, I probably won’t recover from my knee injury in time to run it. I don’t know, it is touch and go. I can barely do a mile right now without suffering pain in the right knee. It is so frustrating, […]

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MRI Feedback

Posted by admin | April 23, 2008 .

Alright, so I went for the MRI scan and here is the feedback.
Articular cartilage is well-preserved at all 3 compartments.
Axial images 9-12 demonstrate apparent laxity of the medial patellar retinaculum, which appears relatively thinned medially and slightly thickened laterally. The appearance may be related to previous injury with stretching of the retinaculum.
1. No meniscal tear
2. […]

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Knee problems

Posted by admin | March 10, 2008 .

Unfortunately, there isn’t much to report at the moment. A persistent knee problem has made it difficult to complete anything more than a mile so far. Not sure what is going on. I would like to think it is only a bit of “runner’s knee”, but I could barely make it up the stairs on […]

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Training for the 2008 New York City marathon - So it begins…

Posted by admin | March 6, 2008 .

Training for the New York City Marathon 2008. It has already been a bit of a journey to make it this far and now the hard work begins. 8 months to train and prepare myself for the 26.2 mile onslaught. The past few years have certainly taken their toll; breaking a sesamoid bone kicking an […]

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