[at-l] knee injury

[ddsmith@haywood.k12.nc.us (Danny D. Smith)]

Hola :) Lay off the knees for a while. If they aren't too bad you can get 
some rest and slowly start strengthening them back up. Walking, squats, 
lunges... that sort of thing. When you start hiking again, take it slowly 
for the first several weeks. Don't try to do 20 miles a day if you're knees 
are telling you to stop after 5.
Knee probs are generally like back probs. Once you have them, they tend to 
stay with you.

At 02:59 PM 6/13/02 +0000, mountaingirlbl wrote:
>about four days into my SOBO AT hike, i injured my knee and have
>returned home for about 20 days to rehabilitate it and get back on
>the trail.
>
>does anyone have advice on how to hike the trail with bad knees? i am
>doing some physical therapy right now, but would like some "trail"
>advice if anyone has any.
>
>
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