[pct-l] Knee Pain

[Tortoise]

If you have bad or weak knees or just worried about them, I strongly 
recommend you use trekking poles. They will lessen the strain on your 
knees as well as reducing the chances of a fall.

I am NOT a doctor and this is not medical advice. Just my experience.

Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>



Lost and Found wrote:
> Staci - I section hiked Oregon last year and fell down a cliff 30 feet the second day.  Vitamin I (ibuprofen) was my best friend - every 4 hours when awake, and at night, I had some prescription muscle relaxers left over from tendonitis.  I also put my knees over my pack in my tent (pack was crosswise with pad on top of pack) and that helped a lot.   So if you have any meds left over from your surgeries, bring them along.  You may need them.  Invest in a large bottle of vitamin I and divvy them up for your mail drops.  Good Luck.  Ice packs/cold brew helped a lot on zero days.
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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:15:22 -0700 (PDT)
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> From: Staci Labuda <staci1713 at yahoo.com>
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> Subject: [pct-l] transportation from fresno to sequoia
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> My boyfriend and I are planning on hiking the PCT with our first stop being
> independence.  Basically we just need a ride from the airport to sequoia
> national park.  We are taking our flight from New York
> on May 12th at 7:50 am and arriving
> at 10:38 am in Fresno. 
> Ohh also I was wondering, this has nothing to do with the transportation, but,
> does anyone have advice on what to do to prevent knee pain?  I had surgery
> on my meniscus twice, I still run and its fine, it just gets sore now and
> then.  I have a feeling that with this long hike that I need to do a
> little extra for it.  Should I wear a knee brace?  Should I take
> certain vitamins?  My mom suggested MSM,
> but I wanted advice from real hikers :).
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