Time to test the knee six months after knee surgery.....

[Hammer]

I had arthroscopic knee surgery on my right knee which happens to be my sliding leg. I want to try out at least one game to see if it can take it. I don't want to push it and try three games and find out I should have stuck with one game first. I am sure that I will be a little paranoid at first because I don't know what to expect. I have to do this because our new bowling season starts in September and I don't want to miss it. The last time I bowled was around January 20th. I will be a little rusty for sure. I have been making dry runs in my house where I set myself up as if I just completed throwing my ball and I am in my finished pose with right knee bent and balance leg behind me and balance arm to the side. My knee seems to handle the weight okay but I have to see if it can handle ten frames of that. If I get no strikes that means at least twenty times of doing that finish pose. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

[e-tank]

glad to have to back hammer and i hope everything goes well when you decide to give that game a go!

[billf]

Welcome back. Good luck on your comeback.

[dnhoffman]

Best of luck man.

[classygranny]

Good luck...welcome back to the game.

PLEASE don't push too hard...just because a game has 10 frames doesn't mean you have to bowl all of them if something doesn't feel right.

[got_a_300]

PLEASE don't push too hard...just because a game has 10 frames doesn't mean you have to bowl all of them if something doesn't feel right.
Just as classygrenny said you do not have to finish the game if it
doesn't feel right I know from experience.

The first time I came back to bowling I only did about 4 or 5
frames and decided something just didn't feel right so I just
quit in the middle of the game until I worked out what was
going on with my knee.

[Judy clemons]

remember, easy does it!!! Take your sweet precious time and reap the rewards of the blissfulness in it while you have the
opportunity to enjoy it. Love, thoughts, and Prayers are with you pin pal. welcome back to your happy place on the lanes!

[Hammer]

Just as classygrenny said you do not have to finish the game if it
doesn't feel right I know from experience.

The first time I came back to bowling I only did about 4 or 5
frames and decided something just didn't feel right so I just
quit in the middle of the game until I worked out what was
going on with my knee.

I will not take any chances if something doesn't feel right. I am just going to take it easy and do one game and see how my knee feels afterwards. It will probably feel sore for sure until it gets used to that movement. I will just have to take it frame by frame and do what my body tells me.

[Gunny]

Welcome back, and best of luck. Remember, slow and steady wins the race.

[Tampabaybob]

Hammer...take it easy to start Buddy, we want you around for a while !

[WolfGirl1980]

My dad did also he just started bowling after having a full knee replacement and it was done I think in January so he is just starting to bowl again and my mom she had

a shoulder replacement from a car wreck we were both in cause she had a shattered shoulder and wrist she had a full shoulder replacement and 8 screws and 2 plates put in her wrist so she has limited

movement in her left arm thankfully she is right handed and it was did it to her left arm so she is just now learning to bowl again she got a new ball I cause I bowled for her one this summer cause she needed a

lighter ball cause she couldn't lift a 14 pound ball no more so she got a 12 pound Meanstreak Brawler and my dad he is gonna bowl for him a new ball next summer he has a urethane ball 16 pound and he gonna

go with a 15 pound since most people bowl with 15 pound balls instead of the 16 pound ball so my dad is subbing on my summer league and mom practices with me on Monday with me and my friend.

[backlasher]

I had a total left hip replacement between Christmas and New Year's day and after 6 months I tried it out for 2 games. It felt really weird but I finished the games and didn't do any damage to the hip. Since our league doesn't start until Labor Day, I'll rest it until the middle of August. For your knee, I'd try it just a little to see how it works. Expect to be sore but hope it all goes well.