Almost definite lateral meniscus tear for about ~3 weeks now. Currently waiting for my insurance to clear my MRI. This whole process is taking forever, and recovery not looking hot. After around 10 days of resting my knee, went full retard today and played some Ultimate convincing myself I would take it easy. If I have to get surgery I'm out for what looks like the most promising season for my college team. Fuuuuuuuck.
Classes have been keeping me super busy, but what do you all think I should focus my training on?
Training I'm currently doing that I'm pretty sure is safe:
-Core+Upper body
-Hip Flexors
-Throwing
I have concerns about some training I'm considering doing:
-Glutes,Adductors, Internal Rotators of both legs: none of this stuff crosses the knee joint so hypothetically I should be able to work these muscles without irritating the inury but I'm not sure which exercises to do and how much they will actually help build athletic quality (for adductors and rotators)
-Working non-injured leg unilaterally: Don't want to cause imbalance, might set me up for another injury when I recover. But fuck, this is tempting
-Rowing, Swimming, other light conditioning? Worried it might be too stressful on knee (rowing), shift me to slow-twitch endurance> fast-twitch speed (swimming)
-Light intensity footwork/movement pattern training: Don't know how much it will help since it's not at game speed, also not inherently rewarding
-Some kind of dynamic work? Upper body plyos?
-Lots of meditation: I just suck at making this a habit, but if I get it down consistently I think it could help me a lot
The biggest concern about doing a lot training but almost no SPP: my body will adapt to lifting and once I'm recovered I'll be slow again because I haven't been doing any speed,plyos,explosive work or any sort of SPP. These sorts of concerns almost make me think I would be better off not doing anything except the stuff I'm doing now