training through pain

[HungFamilyFist]

I have a chronic knee problem at this point, and im just curious what experiences and suggestions you guys have in reguards to long term injuries, and training through them.

A couple years ago I fractured my wrist, and it was less complicated to rehab. i used bone knitting, and then dit da, then tendon lotion and generally didnt do much contact with that hand. or light contact only. Now with my knee... there is nothing that i can do to avoid using it constantly because its so vital.

I can still use the knee, it has strength, it just has a good amount of pain(worst of all, its inconsistent). So i could train, and have been doing my best to ignore it(sitting out when pain becomes stronger).

So my question for the peanut gallery is this: At what level does one need to train in order to still get some training, but not hurt the offending body part?

[Asmo]

I had problems with my left knee since I went hiking in the Swiss Alps in my early twenties. Naturally this old injury became a real problem when I returned to training kungfu ~ 4 years back.

For a while I have been applying tendion lotion and applied warm towels and applied accupressure to points around the knees. This helped me going again. These days I have not had problems anymore for a long time. Maybe just once or twice in 2 years or so.

Since I'm working more on my stances the knee seems to go even better.

These are my experiences but I ofcourse have no idea if they would help you. Warm towels, acupressure and the like probbaly wont make it worse though... (can't recommend "Tooth of the Tiger's Mouth" enough!)

[HungFamilyFist]

Ya, several of my training brothers have the book. ill have to borrow it. I am using tendon lotion a lot. Advil helps a lot.

[eomonroe00]

some advice a very knowledgable man, who healed himself through many injuries including a broken back, shared with me

1st rule of any injury is to give it whatever time it needs to heal.

2nd rule is when there is no pain, work on redeveloping optimal ranges of motion within affected joint.

3rd rule is to strengthen the area once stages 1 and 2 are completed with resistance that seems minimal