My Knee Injury - From practicing sport to physio therapy

In January 2009 I came back from my lovely holidays in Mexico. I was very excited to go back home, mainly because the soccer (football in England) was about to start and we had a new trophy to fight for again. Little I knew that I was not going to play more than two games during the whole year.

After the first match, I noticed a little sharp pain in my right knee. I didn't give it too much importance and went to the pub with my football mates to celebrate our win. My pain appeared the rest of the week with little variation. I noticed it particularly when I was going upstairs but I thought it was because I didn't exercise that much during my holidays so my knees were protesting. The week after we had our next game. It was goign to be a tough game since it would be against the second team the previous season. I was so excited to play that game.

The match was great, we won 2-0! However, my knee at the end of the game was so sore, til the point I was limping and not able to go upstairs at all. The pain didn't go away after two weeks and as soon as I missed the next game I booked an appointment to see a my doctor (GP).

My doctor, after checking my knee, which consisted of making sure the ligaments were OK by pulling my leg in different direcitons and me describing the type of pain, said that it was a common patella (knee cap) injury for footballers. He said I needed to strenghten my quads and it should be back to normal in a couple of weeks.

My knee didn't get better at all and after a month I was given an appointment to see a specialist. He ordered scans and suggested I would need knee surgery! I was devastated and thought I would never play football again. Now, after I finished my therapy, almost a year after, I am able to run and in a week I will start training again. In knee injury and tips I tell you the story and give you tips to recover from similar knee injuries. I share the things I learned in the process, from knee exercises, patience, and work. I hope it can be useful to somebody in a way or another.