Thread: Hunting with a knee injury

Two years back, my new dog that had been trained to walk on RHS decided to revert from my LHS control to RHS - on a tight lead and she spun me round as my knee was hitting the ground - ripped an ACL, but not a total disconnect – could only limp on a support stick – very painful
Many weeks of Physio – imaging confirmed the ACL damage – Physio got me into a sports medicine specialist doctor – confirmed a tear and agreed to give me a steroid injection – two days later she put a long needle through to the center of the knee. Had to promise to keep it immobile for several days to keep the fluid in the joint area and take it very easy for seven days. Like magic, it began to improve, and pain subsided. Used a support strap for a while like used by @Cordite and six months later I was back up the Mount and doing all the other hill work that I do. I do plenty of hill work now – up and down with no support and its fine. Back to the gym again for some rebuilding – squats are high on the list.
I have had several joint injuries that Physio’ s gave up on - they finally got me into sports medicine doctors - required steroid injections – magic stuff!