Microfracture Surgery, how the journey back begun

"Microfracture surgery" said the doctor-

That is the only option to get you back to your teaching

This all started last October, yes, last October...

I was cycling back to my yoga studio, and parking my bike in a hurry (as usual).
My right foot was caught on the break-wire and I was stuck, jumping on one leg, right knee over extending not once but twice.

I hurt, yes, but not enough to stop me leading my evening classes:)
The knee was swollen, but I could still teach- no big deal, right.

Well, during the new 6 months it started to get worse and worse.
If I lived on flat land, in a single layer house-I would've been ok.
Slipping twice on icy roads did not help the healing.

Stairs, sitting on my heals, anything where I has to bend my right knee, made things worse.
Worse to the point, that in the beginning of March 2016 I finally gave in.
There was something very wrong with my knee. I could no longer jog, teach yin yoga properly, walk the stairs.

I called the best knee specialist in our town. He saw my knee once, sent me to have all sorts of pictures and scans taken of the knee. His verdict was black. You need to have this operation NOW! All the cartilage on both your femur and your tibia is basically gone in the middle.
We need to do this micro fracture surgery to save the medial and lateral surfaces of the cartilage that was left.

So we did, a week later...

"The goal of microfracture is to stimulate the growth of new articular cartilage by creating a new blood supply. A sharp tool called an awl is used to make multiple holes in the joint surface. The holes are made in the bone beneath the cartilage, called subchondral bone. This action creates a healing response. New blood supply can reach the joint surface, bringing with it new cells that will form the new cartilage.

The goal of microfracture is to stimulate the growth of new cartilage by creating a new blood supply. 

A sharp tool called an awl is used to make multiple holes in the joint surface. The holes are made in the bone beneath the cartilage, called subchondral bone. This creates a healing response. New blood supply can reach the joint surface. This will bring new cells that will form cartilage."

(http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00422])

Here my knee is, 2 days after the op.

Knee flexion is missing a good 25 degrees form the normal
The whole leg is swollen and sore, but I am exited about this project:)

THIS IS THE MISSION!

- Can I bring back the bounce on my knee?
- Could I bring more synovial fluid on the joint surfaces with yin yoga?
- Will I gain my mobility/strenght back faster with a regular Yin&Yang Yoga Practice that stimulates the chi flow on the myofachial meridians?

Join me on this venture and feel free to use this information to help others.

xoxo Clare