Just an aside

[ksmith]

Since I started using my orthotics, I have felt a profound improvement in the state of the feet. Less stiffness. Much less pain. So, over the last few weeks, I've added jogging on the flat to the walking-up-inclines workout. Started with a mile. Up to a mile and a half now. A lousy 20-minute mile and a half, but still. I'll add a little distance and a little speed every week, and see how the knees do. Pre-orthotics, they let me down every time I tried to go farther than two miles or faster than 5 mph. But the way my arches were mashing down with each step could serve as an explanation for the knee issue, and the arches aren't mashing anymore.

Before I started, I wondered if I would still be able to manage a mile. Maybe walking kept me in better shape than I thought. Maybe jogging a mile is no big deal. Whatever. I'll keep at it, and see how it goes over the next few months. Just let the knees hold up.

Comments

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

Orthotics are a good thing, says the guy with bad knees and ankles. Without them, I'd barely function.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I had been debating going to a foot and ankle doctor for some time and finally did the deed last month when my right ankle flared so badly that the pain woke me up at night. I couldn't even stand the weight of a bedsheet on it.

Amazing what arch support can do.

[pmrabble.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

It can take several weeks before you feel the full effect of the orthotics... it takes a while for the musculo-skeletal adjustment, tendons, ligaments etc etc to realign, loosen here, straighten there etc etc

You may consider walking vs jogging while your body makes the systemic adjustments necessary ... much less vigorous on the body.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Well, you see, you're being all reasonable.

But I'm an impatient soul...