RE: [at-l] new to the list and a bad knee

["Taylor, Howard" <HTaylor@westga.tec.ga.us>]

I, too, have bad knee(s), etc.  So the question occurs to me... what do you
do to get in shape to hike 2100 miles (or a 4 week section hike for that
matter)?  Thanks in advance for your input!
Brown Dawg (on the porch in GA)

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Pat Villeneuve [SMTP:patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu]
	Sent:	Thursday, September 30, 1999 11:24 AM
	To:	goatface
	Cc:	AT-list
	Subject:	Re: [at-l] new to the list and a bad knee

	I have a rebuilt knee. Strenghten your quads, lighten your pack
weight, use two
	hiking sticks, listen to your body, and go as slow as necessary.

	Give Me Chocolate

	goatface wrote:

	> howdy
	> i have only been on the list for a few weeks and thought it was
time to say
	> hello
	> haven't done any big hikes lately but i am debating about doing
the at next
	> spring
	>
	> i would like to here from anyone who has bad or sorta bad knees
	> back in 97, i was hit by a car while ridding a motorcycle. it
broke the
	> lower end
	> of my right femur into many pieces.  they put it back together and
after 7
	> months
	> i was walking again.  it works really good now. the cartilage is a
little
	> bad (a little is missing)
	> but not many problems with 40 pound packs.  i worry about just the
daily grind
	> on it while doing the at.  i haven't seen my doc in awhile, but
the last time
	> i did he didn't think it was good idea to wear a brace or support,
he said
	> that
	> it would make weak. i wonder what others have to say about that
	> any advice would be helpful
	>
	> thanks alot
	>
	> goatface
	>
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