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previous knee injury

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  1. kellannieo
    Member

    I've decided to start the Insanity workout this week. I'm considered 'obese' but have ok muscle tone and can run over a mile without too much exertion. I've played sports my whole life and am used to workouts but need to really lose some weight; things that walking, running and resistance bands aren't doing. I do have one concern though, at the beginning of this year I had a knee injury in which I had a grade 2 sprain of my left MCL and it was undetermined if I fractured the tibial plateau. There was no surgery, but I had PT for 6 weeks and was on crutches for about 2.5 months. I have fully recovered the extension that I lost when I injured my knee. My doctor (the idiot that he is) had never heard of this workout and said that if I could run a mile without stopping that I should be able to do an intense workout. I feel good about my knee and comfortable that it's strong now, but should I take any more precautions to protect further injury other than ACE bandages and proper shoes? The doctor didn't really have much to help me with here.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. Sean
    Key Master

    Honestly, it sounds like you need to talk to a different doctor. I am certainly not one, but can tell you this: Insanity is extremely hard on the knees. I have never had knee problems in my life and by the end my knees were sore every day. It took a good 3 weeks for them to get back to normal. Search through this forum for "knee" and you will see others with similar experiences.

    So, if you have knee issues I would say to get true medical advice before starting this workout.

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    Posted 1 year ago #

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