Body &Garden 13 Oct 2008 08:48 am
*mutter*
Well, it’s been a month and my knees never really did get all that much better. I guess that means it’s time for me to haul my carcass in to physical therapy. Just as soon as I get dug out around here. Hmph.
It’s almost certainly my own fault for not letting my knees rest. They’ve been just good enough for me to stump around on them; it’s only bike riding that really obviously aggravates them. But I probably did them no good when I was building the latest incarnation of the compost bin.
The new compost bin is designed to insulate the compost somewhat over the winter, and it’s basically a three-sided structure made out of sod, reinforced (barely) with cheap plastic-covered steel rods, with inside dimensions of roughly 3′ x 3′ x 5′. Properly speaking, I should probably drive some pipes through the sod walls to increase air circulation, but we’ll see how it goes. I’m enjoying how ancient and Celtic it looks now.
on 13 Oct 2008 at 3:24 pm 1.desolina said …
You might want to look into getting your bike professionally fitted to you. There’s a guy in town that does it, his name is Erik Moen (erik@bikept.com). He’s a physical therapist as well. My friend Andamo gave me the reference.
I haven’t been to see him yet, as bicycling isn’t particularly great for my injured knee either – the internal rotation that it takes to pedal is still too hard on the joint.
Anyhow, Andamo says that it really help him with his riding, so it might be worth checking into.