Today I visited the Orthopedic Institute of Dayton which is one of the highest rated sports surgery centers since I had an entire day in Dayton for work and wanted a good second opinion on my ACL knee issue. First though, I got in a nice 11.5 mile run in Englewood Park, single track dirt trails for miles with only small hills. At the sports center I was very surprised to talk to a doctor who actually listened, took a history, and spent nearly an hour going over options. Even more interesting was that he disagreed with my Utah doctor that I had a torn ACL. He was certain that I have knee Synovitis, a severe swelling of the synovial membrane around the knee joint which has swelled up and interferred basically with the supporting ligaments around the joint. Good knews, I guess since it's more treatable.
I'm going with this diagnosis from today. Maybe because his advice is that I don't have to stop running, that I can work it into the therapy. First change is leg lifting and no hills for a while. No more mountain trail running. He also said that if I did choose to run that I would be dealing with pain for the whole summer. Great..
This evening went out with the headlamp for a 10 miler in the woods again. Beautiful night. | 