bad knee

[madhouse721]

ive been riding my bike as part of my exercise and im now becoming to get annoyed with myself as i fell off it last wednesday and now i am strugling to do any exercise whatsoever as ive really hurt my knee and strugle to bend it so my bike rides and zumba have gone out of the window so watching my diet and thats all i seem to be able to do at the minute

[joyfulloser]

I find that basic household chores (cooking, cleaning, etc.) and a good diet is all it takes to lose/maintain weight. If your diet/calories are in check, you should be ok and losing swell.

[yossarianlives]

Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate

[madhouse721]

thank you for the replies as a mum of 2 im still doing all my household chores and school runs so still hopefull
and joyfulloser great pics very inspireing

[kaplods]

When I injured my knee in college (bursitis and a muscle sprain) and also when I herniated a disk several years later, I used water exercise during recovery (about a week after the knee injury and about four weeks after the disk injury).

It was more for physical therapy and relaxation than calorie-burning, but the water felt great for relieving the pain and tightness in the muscles and joints. After the disk herniation, I couldn't really even tread water properly (I couldn't move one leg at all without excruciating pain, and the other leg I had to move carefully), but just the relief from gravity felt awesome. As I could do more, I was able to restrenghten the muscles.

[IsobelRose22]

Kaplods is right. A friend of mine fell off a horse a few years ago, and broke her back, after she'd been through her hospital stay and was out of the back brace, exercise like swimming helped her get back to full fitness, it helped because the water supports your weight so you won't put any pressure on your knee. But if you focus on your diet and try light exercise like house work etc you'll still lose weight.