Dance Dance Knee Surgery

[fredericks]

As a birthday present to myself recently I purchased Dance Dance Revolution 2 (DDRMax2, as the kids call it) for the Playstation 2 (my utter devotion to this game will be chronicled fully in an upcoming entry). A few years ago I was involved in an accident that, among other things, royally fucked up my right leg. But, as those things go, it's usually the good leg that pays the price, because it has to compensate for all the hobbling, limping, and general gimp-age that happens during the recovery time. So I've been dance dance dancing to an extraordinary amount as of late, and I've been tearing up my left knee, it seems. I can't help it: the game is so much fun, but at nights I find myself rubbing Icy Hot onto my knee, cursing Konami to the high heavens.

I don't think it's that bad. Nothing more than a strain. Although it brings an ironic smile on, to think that I have more talent than Britney Spears but I may be subject to the same injury.

Comments

Yeah, me too.

[kommisar.livejournal.com]

My knees love to crunch. Any movement in the vertical axis and my knees protest with loud crunching. It horrifies people who've never heard it.

And occassionally, they just refuse to move up.

But they're my knees and I'm keeping them. Besides, I find that proper weight training helps keep everything working. More or less.

Re: Yeah, me too.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I'm thinking you might have brought that about from, I don't know, saving children and small household pets from burning buildings or, even better, overextension from a uber-kinky sexual position.

Doesn't say much that I've aggravated my condition by playing a video game. That earns me no street cred. None at *all*.

And I used to do low-impact aerobics, but even that's starting to leave me sore and aching at the end of the day. I'm going to have to enroll in swimming and water aerobics to keep healthy now.

Re: Yeah, me too.

[kommisar.livejournal.com]

Well, I did have a parachute malfunction once....

And blowing your knees on Dance Dance Revolution is kinda cool in a totally geeky sort of way.