Stop or Continue?
I have the Bleep Test coming up this Monday, and during my holidays (the past two weeks), I have been exercising (through going cycling, walking or doing an exercise DVD almost every day) to try to prepare myself for it.
I’m quite a small person, I’m short and I don’t weigh very much.
I experienced some pain in my knees a bit over a year ago, so I decided to visit the doctor.
The doctor said that my joints were possibly a bit weak as they had been over used, due to the amount of sports i do.
So i rested and used medication until it was better.
I’ve had slight on and off pain since then.
Today I was doing the DVD, because I have two days left until the test and I wanted to get my fitness up to the best I coudl for the test, but when I started doing squats, my kneecap became so painful I had to stop.
So I walked around a bit, and gradually the pain went. So I tried a squat again, more gently, but the pain came back and my knee became stiff again.
So I’m wondering, considering I have two days left until the test, do I pack in the exercising and try to rest my knee?
The problem is, I really want to be at maximum fitness for the test, as it is important to my grade. I know I shoudln’t compromise my health for one grade, but really this is the last chance I will have at proper exercise before the test and I wonder if maybe I should try it.
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wushu093
this is really late, i never check this place, but my personal advice would be to take it easy. ive had a lot of scenarios wehre i felt better, pushed myself a little harder, then everything came crashing back down again. let your body heal, see if you can get an MRI or x-ray to see whats going on if the pain continues. its not just the fact of compromising your health for one grade, but think of it in the long run… ill give you an example of what ive been through. i pushed myself a bit too hard about 8 months ago, hurt a tendon, they take FOREVER to heal, so im still healing. don’t risk it, its not worth it.