Help needed

[kagemusha shin]

I injured my knee and will need surgery and can't work on foot work so what excersizes would be best for upper body? For saber wielding.

[Cyondios]

Everything is connected. Push ups, pull ups, core, arms/shoulders

[Darth Kitsune]

You might want to just sit out and relax for a while; let your body heal.

[kagemusha shin]

You might want to just sit out and relax for a while; let your body heal.

Well I don't want to let my upper body go but no stress to my legs is all I plan for.

[Darth Nonymous]

Well I don't want to let my upper body go but no stress to my legs is all I plan for.

Sorry to hear it. What did you do?

 The best advice you have gotten is to just rest.  It would be a very risky thing to try to workout your arms and shoulders and not your legs. Your upper body is connected and dependant on your lower body. You would be trading a bad knee for a bad knee, weak legs, bad back, and an out of balance body.

NEVER lift weights while sitting down. Nautilus machines are torture devices.

Just take it easy. Push ups, planks, crawls and that such should be fine, but follow your program. The quicker it heals the faster you get back up and about.

[Darth Kitsune]

Also, not to mention,  depending on how long it takes your leg to recover, your upper body won't just "go". It takes a bit for something to just "go". As long as you let your body heal correctly, and then get back into action, you won't have many, if any, adverse effects of stopping for a bit. Letting yourself go usually happens when you stop for a very long, extended amount of time (you know, over a month in the smallest cases).

As Master Nonymous stated, everything is connected. I'll give a great example: I play tennis. I have injured myself many times playing tennis, especially in the arms and legs. ESPECIALLY THE LEGS. Oh by the gods if I could tell you the amount of times I have injured my legs playing tennis the list would be enough to wrap around this planet six times or so. Pulled muscles, sprains, etc.....all of which have caused me to literally be unable to do anything to work up my upper body until I let myself recover. The legs are sort of a foundation, you know. Without them you can't really do much unless you are gifted with a wheelchair or something, and even then you still can't really do anything.

So just sit back, relax, and let your body heal. You can pick up where you left off after your body has repaired itself.

[Aurentis]

There's nothing I can say here that hasn't already been said.  Just rest and recover.

[kagemusha shin]

Sorry to hear it. What did you do?

 The best advice you have gotten is to just rest.  It would be a very risky thing to try to workout your arms and shoulders and not your legs. Your upper body is connected and dependant on your lower body. You would be trading a bad knee for a bad knee, weak legs, bad back, and an out of balance body.

NEVER lift weights while sitting down. Nautilus machines are torture devices.

Just take it easy. Push ups, planks, crawls and that such should be fine, but follow your program. The quicker it heals the faster you get back up and about.

I see well to answer your question I bent my leg sideways where the knee ended up pointing left and tore some ligements the miniscuss and the nerve I basically got ruined there. Worst part which is the best part too I didn't feel pain the nerve being severed that quickly saw to that but now I can't feel how I walk if that makes sense. So I'm having surgery I have no clue when just have to wait and see. Ill try to rest I'm just always so get up and go I hate to rest. Haha. Thanks for your advice everyone.

[spectresabre]

Funny. My computer is running very slowly, and I had time to think about when I injured my knee. It was actually my thigh, right above my knee and next to the artery. Let's just say, don't ever practice with decorative weapons. I had a locked up knee for a week and a half.

You could try to do those couch push-ups. Lift some light dumbells while watching TV. or heavy, your choice.
I hope you recover well. Being immobilized truly sucks.

[Tanq]

I see well to answer your question I bent my leg sideways where the knee ended up pointing left and tore some ligements the miniscuss and the nerve I basically got ruined there. Worst part which is the best part too I didn't feel pain the nerve being severed that quickly saw to that but now I can't feel how I walk if that makes sense. So I'm having surgery I have no clue when just have to wait and see. Ill try to rest I'm just always so get up and go I hate to rest. Haha. Thanks for your advice everyone.

That's a pretty serious nerve tear if you can't feel anything, especially since the main branches off the sciatic nerve that make your lower leg/foot muscles work go through the knee area. Does your foot on the injured side drag?

I would not want to risk further damage by doing any kind of workout. Lifting anything of significant weight wouldn't be a good idea, nor would (obviously) any movement that would make you articulate that bad knee, voluntarily or involuntarily. Take a break, watch some movies, play some games, etc. After the surgery your knee will be put in a brace/cast - give it time to heal, don't put any sort of stress on it.

[Darth Nonymous]

I see well to answer your question I bent my leg sideways where the knee ended up pointing left and tore some ligements the miniscuss and the nerve I basically got ruined there. Worst part which is the best part too I didn't feel pain the nerve being severed that quickly saw to that but now I can't feel how I walk if that makes sense. So I'm having surgery I have no clue when just have to wait and see. Ill try to rest I'm just always so get up and go I hate to rest. Haha. Thanks for your advice everyone.

1. A tearing a nerve is a serious condition. You should not attempt to do anything strenuous until it heals sufficiently. It's not just one nerve that goes through places and you don't know where the nerve was torn.
2. Which ligaments were torn and what degree of sprain is it? Level 3 is complete rupture. the ligaments can also detach, so that will make a difference.
3. DO NOT attempt ANY exercise until your doctor clears you for it. Do not focus on your upper body because that is probably what caused the injury in the first place. If you are over powered in the upper body this is the type of injury that can result. It happens all the time.

Rest up. When you get fixed up, you may want to change how you are doing things and focus on your lower body far more.

[Darth Kitsune]

Okay yeah. Definitely do not do anything, and listen well to Master Nonymous. That's a pretty intense and serious injury...

[Master Artorius Vidnyl]

I stayed away from this at first since I didn't agree with earlier postings.

Now that we're all on the same page make sure you follow the advice given so far. Rest. Rest. Rest. Heal to fight another day. The only exercise you're allowed to do it picking up the remote or a book.

Heal well,
MAV

[Master Lucien Kane]

1. A tearing a nerve is a serious condition. You should not attempt to do anything strenuous until it heals sufficiently. It's not just one nerve that goes through places and you don't know where the nerve was torn.
2. Which ligaments were torn and what degree of sprain is it? Level 3 is complete rupture. the ligaments can also detach, so that will make a difference.
3. DO NOT attempt ANY exercise until your doctor clears you for it. Do not focus on your upper body because that is probably what caused the injury in the first place. If you are over powered in the upper body this is the type of injury that can result. It happens all the time.

Rest up. When you get fixed up, you may want to change how you are doing things and focus on your lower body far more.

Lol yep, I sprained my knee, granted not this bad, but as much as I hated it, I just sat on my butt as long as possible, even used crutches though I could walk without them. The easier you take it, the faster you heal. The doctor should give you pretty detailed instructions on when you can start doing your physical therapy to strengthen that knee back up.

[kagemusha shin]

1. A tearing a nerve is a serious condition. You should not attempt to do anything strenuous until it heals sufficiently. It's not just one nerve that goes through places and you don't know where the nerve was torn.
2. Which ligaments were torn and what degree of sprain is it? Level 3 is complete rupture. the ligaments can also detach, so that will make a difference.
3. DO NOT attempt ANY exercise until your doctor clears you for it. Do not focus on your upper body because that is probably what caused the injury in the first place. If you are over powered in the upper body this is the type of injury that can result. It happens all the time.

Rest up. When you get fixed up, you may want to change how you are doing things and focus on your lower body far more.

I was a complete subluxation of my patella and tore my main miniscuss the medial and lateral are fine as far as that goes but are being over worked I can only stand 75/25 on my legs. He says best thing to do is rest ice and notify my work about surgery and how long ill be out apparently he says 3 months of PT because once the scar tissue is gone and then have me do home excersizes.