Ice Skating 136: It Didnt Go Away

We skipped ice time and off ice last Sunday and I was hoping that it would give Lil Shauna enough down time to recover from her knee pain. I was pleased when she said that the pain was better as the days went by.

We headed back to the ice on Saturday and strapped on the knee brace before she started warming up with her jumps. Soon after, she complained of knee pain. Zzzzzzzzzzz.

She tried jumping on ice and it was obvious that the pain had come back. I asked her to tell Coach Raymond if it hurts when she was made to jump.

I saw her do a couple of loop jumps before the class was switched to spins.

After class, I found out that she had told Coach that it hurts to jump, which was why he switched to spinning. Forward spins use her good leg/ knee. Coach Raymond also asked if we had brought her to a TCM or something; the pain cant go on.

Of course extra ice time was out of the question. Despite the knee pain, Lil Shauna was happy to escape extra ice time and was also pleased that her sit spin was in good shape. She repeated 3x to me that Coach Raymond said that her sit spins are ok, just needed to go lower by 1cm. Lol.

I started to google frantically on Sports Doctor and asked for opinions. It didnt help that it was a Saturday and most clinics closed at 1pm. We eventually managed to make an appointment at 4.15pm with Physioclinic at Tras Street, which meant that we had to pull the kids out of Maths class earlier.

I had thought that we would be seeing a sports doctor, only to meet with a young lady, whom I presumed is a Physiotherapist. She didnt speak well and didnt give me the assurance that she can diagnose properly. After going through the possible causes, some stretching and pressing her and there, she concluded that Lil Shauna had injured her ligament. For the record, her knee pain is on the inner side of her right knee.

What's next was a massage to relax the muscle in that area, then some "ultrasound" machine to promote cells growth, followed by a yellow colored heat lamp and finally some treatment using electric current. Seriously, it feels very much of a gimmick. Upon request, the Physiotherapist taught Lil Shauna some stretching exercise, but those were targeted at the hamstrings and nothing too foreign. She said that to help the injured ligament, we had to strengthen the hamstring muscles. Fair enough.

If it is an injured ligament, the Physiotherapist opioned that it would take 4 to 6 weeks to recover. Yes, I am still doubtful about the source of the pain. She recommended that we come back for weekly sessions and stretching to longer intervals when the injury is better. I am not sure I am buying that. The 1st session cost us $160 and the subsequent ones are not going to be cheap. At least she wasn't insistent about us signing up more sessions.

While Lil Shauna complained that she was in (much?) pain, she was just as active for the rest of the day. She was skateboarding and running when we met up with the Fs for dinner. No sign of much pain.

Of course she didnt go onto the ice or off ice class yday but she spent the late afternoon with Boo at Admiralty Park and no complaints of pain again. Win already.

After much advices from friends, we have decided to call up KKH Sports Medicine department later today. If subsidised rates are applicable, we will be heading to the polyclinic. I can see my leave disappearing. Haiz.

Mummy Lim