Curing Jumper's Knee - $800

[asuvolley]

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I would not think anything of spending 2000-4000 dollars a year for a noninvasive, fast-recovery fix to chronic sport-induced problems. I have always been an athlete. Worse than any physical pain I've felt has been the creeping incapacity of being put out to pasture. I'm not vain, but I am strong-willed. I have no interest in lipo, face lift, implants, microdermabrasion, lasik, body waxing, or teeth whitening. But I want to play sports until the day they lower me into the ground.

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You brought up a few points that I didn't really consider when thinking how much I'd be willing to pay.

It was very fast and non-invasive, and allowed complete pain relief in less than a week. If you had a big game coming up in less than a week, and you ended up winning the national championship, I'd say the $800 wouldn't be a big deal.

The other pro football players that were in there with me, even would fly the therapist out to their away games to treat them. I found this interesting, because you would think their trainers were about as good as money could buy.

This machine treats a lot of ailments from carpal tunnel, bursitis, tennis elbow, sprained ankles and jumper's knee. While I was there, I saw pretty severe sprained ankles healed in 4-5 days. (I've had sprained ankles last 1 month to 6 months before)

It really sounds like I'm a promoter of the company, but that is why I don't say their name.
Plus it gives me an edge over the competition...haha

[asuvolley]

So I played volleyball 5 hours Friday night and went running Saturday morning and Saturday night.

I think that was too much for my newly rehabilitated knee. It hurt a little, but not where the pain used to be. Probably just using different muscles and tendons/ligaments to move.

I did my post-rehab workout this morning and it feels ok. But I am a little scared the pain is on its way back. I have camps all week again, so I'll see how it feels.

[OverAndUnder]

The hardest part of any rehab regime is that most athletes, as soon as they start to feel better, rush back to activity too soon and at too high an intensity. What you have to learn is that although it is true that pain is your body's way of telling you to stop doing something, it isn't the ONLY way to know to stop doing something. Pain is what you feel AFTER the damage has been done. You need to listen to your brain before you have to hear from your pain.

Learning to be appropriately active is much like learning to drink alcohol responsibly -- you don't wait until you can't stand up straight to stop drinking. It usually takes a few years during and after college to move from slamming multiple jägerbombs to sipping a nice chianti, and it usually takes a couple years for highly competitive athletes to move from playing every second of every available event/practice to practicing just enough to stay in good form and playing at 100% only when necessary for games, and then GOING HOME AFTER A COUPLE MATCHES.

Just because the net is still up doesn't mean you have to still keep playing.

[asuvolley]

UPDATE...

I started this thread a little over 2 months ago.

My knee still feels pretty good. I'd say about 90%.

Once my knee is warmed up, it feels about 95% when I am playing. Long distance running is a bit of an issue, but 600-800 mg of ibuprofen seems to eliminate all pain. (Before, I still couldn't jump even once on 1000mg.)

GOOD NEWS...BAD NEWS
I have found a doctor with the same unit for about 1/2 the price. Bad news is I paid full price.
Good news, I am working a deal with him that will allow me to rehab my players myself.
Bad news, I'm not making any money off the deal. YET....
So if you are in AZ ever and want to get treated, let me know.

It's been nice playing again. I play about an hour and a half on tuesday and thursday nights now, and its just nice to be able to walk pain free.

[TheSantaBarbarian]

It sounds like you found a real advance in treatment. Both times I got the chronic version of jumper knee I ended up having to get cortisone injections, nothing else would fix it. The injections are certainly not a good solution.

[asuvolley]

The cortisone shot is the only option that my orthopaedic gave me. I am not really crazy about "alternative" therapies, but at the same time, the doctors know that the cortisone shots actually make your knee weaker. That is why I wanted to try this option.