I iced the actual injury site the day it happened. The main pain issues I have are mostly caused my muscle tension triggered by irritation/injury to the nerve bundle that runs that band-with-an-"i".
The knee itself doesn't hurt while sitting or carefully walking - only on uneven ground or if I put a foot down wrong, or if some bimbo on the bus smacks it with her oversize designer shopping bag. But right now there is a solid painful line of muscle running from just to the front of my left outer ankle up along the front and outside of the calf to the knee and then spiraling up the back of my calf to my butt. THAT is what we are working on relaxing with heat, massage, and stretching. These areas are where I was getting that "funny-bone" kind of feeling shortly after the actual injury, so something is definitely pressing on/pulling on/generally pissing off the nerves in there.
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Date: 2009-08-15 02:22 am (UTC)The knee itself doesn't hurt while sitting or carefully walking - only on uneven ground or if I put a foot down wrong, or if some bimbo on the bus smacks it with her oversize designer shopping bag. But right now there is a solid painful line of muscle running from just to the front of my left outer ankle up along the front and outside of the calf to the knee and then spiraling up the back of my calf to my butt. THAT is what we are working on relaxing with heat, massage, and stretching. These areas are where I was getting that "funny-bone" kind of feeling shortly after the actual injury, so something is definitely pressing on/pulling on/generally pissing off the nerves in there.