Knee injury

[Phil2]

Hi,

on the very first session of the power phase i fell unluckyly from a boulder and injured my knee. i was taken to the hospital. first diagnose: strained ligaments. rest (1 week), ice, compression, elevation. I extended the hangboard phase a bit and started with climbing after a week instead of bouldering. i really dont want to fall on that knee again to soon... 

it's been three weeks now but my knee has still not fully recovered yet. I think that in addition to the strain I also have some meniscus injury because when i try to fully bend and stretch the knee it hurts a lot (not diagnosed yet, but check-up is planned)

Does anybody have experience with knee and particluarly meniscus injury? did you get surgery? how would you stick to the training cycle without bouldering? btw: campusing is ok, since i jump down in a very controlled way...

thanks a lot for any input!

Cheers

Phil

[Chris W]

Phil

1) You should probably get an accurate diagnosis

2) Mike's most recent post on the blog discusses an injured lower extremity and how he dealt with it

[Phil2]

Hey Chris,

thank you for your reply.

1) yes, I was planning to do that.

2) thanks for the tip!

Cheers

Phil