you said you are thirty lbs overweight. Was this a very gradual increase in weight, say during your developmental years, or a fairly rapid weight gain, say, over a few years?
Quite often, when people gain weight rapidly, their body cannot adequately adapt to the excsess strain placed upon the body. Sometimes due to the way the body gains bodyfat-not evenly distributed,as in men, from the waist up, hense the term, "apple body." You may notice in overweight people, that they appear knock kneed. Their knees turn or bend inward. This is due to the knee not being able to withstand the added weight. All the tendons and ligaments are being abnormally stretched beyond their proper range.
If you are going into a new form of exercise, this may add to the knee problems.
Or possibly create a problem, due to added stress.
You might need to rest, and then strengthen the supportive structures of the knee.
I say,"might," as I am not a doctor, or a PT. I am just commenting on what I observe.
TaaiGihkYan would be more qualified to answer your question, as he is a PT as well as an experienced Martial Artist.
But first, we will need to invoke him into appearing. Gather the following items:
frankinsence, myhrr,quicksilver, cinnabar, cinnabuns, party hats and a rubber chicken.
Oh, and don't forget the clown shoes.
Then, at the stroke of twelve, noon I think...start chanting the mantra,
"ooheeeyo, ooooo-oooh"
then hope and wait....
oh and put on the party hat and clown shoes, otherwise he will not appear.
Last edited by TenTigers; 01-05-2009 at 12:11 PM.
"My Gung-Fu may not be Your Gung-Fu.
Gwok-Si, Gwok-Faht"
"I will not be part of the generation
that killed Kung-Fu."
....step.