New Music Friday

[singedsun]

I have horrible knees from a few really bad falls in my early twenties. The other day my left knee twinged a bit and I babied it and by that night the pain was gone. Then yesterday as if feeling left out my right knee started to get really sore and this morning, I was limping and having a hard time getting around everytime I stood up. Once I was up and moving it wasn't too bad. Then this afternoon to celebrate a very large project we just finished at work, our bosses took us out to an Escape Room and then for drinks/food afterward. Well I was fine during the Escape Room (my group escaped -- more on that in another post maybe) because I was standing and moving and more focused on the puzzles. But once we were sitting down for drinks and food, my knee really started bothering me, mostly because the way we were seated made it very hard to stretch. Cut to me coming home in extreme pain and crying this evening as I took my pills and tried to lay down with some ice and pillows to help.

I said all that to explain that today's New Music Friday will have links but not video embeds just to make it easier on me at this laptop, since I'm still laying in bed with a pillow between my legs.

• Jeremy Renner - Nomad I don't know how other people are feeling about Jeremy Renner's foray into music, but I'm very much enjoying it. On his channel they've put up a lot of lyric videos for his songs too, which I really appreciate.
• Kevin Osuloda/"KO" - Don't Dream It's Over Kevin is one of the members of Pentatonix, best know for his amazing beat boxing skills. But he's also this amazing musician and he really shows it off in these covers he's been posting.
• Brass Against - Ænema (Tool Cover) ft. Samuel Hope Brass Against is this amazing metal cover band and Sam's voice is the PERFECT counter for Maynard's vocals. This is so good.
• Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens - Gone I have no idea what's supposed to be going on in this video (if anything) other than this chemistry between Charli & Christine and really tbh that's all you need.
• Mal Blum - Pity Boy This is a link to the whole album on Spotify because I couldn't just pick one song. I saw Mal perform as the Weather in a Welcome to Night Vale live show last year and they were just so lovely and so good. Very reminiscent of a 90s singer-songwriter vibe and I'm here for it.

That's all for now. Maybe when I'm back at my desktop I'll put some videos in.

Comments

[lilysea]

OOoh, knee pain is horrible! :(

I have ideas/suggestions from personal experience of knee pain; let me know if you'd like to hear them, I don't wanna be unsolicited-advicey!

[riotheclown]

it's hard not to give advice but same...off gravity impact movement is best for joints though, swimming or biking

[singedsun]

I have no idea what specifically triggered this flare-up, but I definitely know the activity made it worse. I'm employing the tried and true RICE method but if you've got other thoughts, I'm happy to hear them.

[lilysea]

Things that have helped me:

Voltaren Gel [diclofenac gel] which is a topical anti inflammatory gel that you put on the bit that hurts 1x or more per day - very low side effects for humans, just don't let any cats lick it as its very bad for cats to eat. There are cheaper generic diclofenac gels available which work just as well, apart from often they're in a harder-to-squeeze metal tube [the brand name tube is easily squeezable plastic], which can be an issue if you have hand/wrist pain;
https://www.voltaren.com.au/products/voltaren-emulgel/

Ibuprofen taken with plenty of food so that I don't get a stomach ulcer - as an NSAID, it reduces inflammation as well as pain;

Sometimes elastic tube support bandages - see a physiotherapist;

Sometimes having a physiotherapist tape up the painful knee with rock tape [a stiff tape used by physiotherapists, not actually rock];

Getting proper shoes and seeing a podiatrist about orthotic inserts - shoes with inadequate arch support and/or inadequate ankle support can really aggravate knee pain;

Exercising in water [swimming, walking in waist high water] is better than high impact exercise like walking on concrete;

Sitting a handbag or back pack on my lap on the train/bus aggravates my knee pain badly

[lilysea]

p.s. I am happy to answer any knee pain questions you have if you would find that useful / helpful.

[enemytosleep]

I'm sorry to hear about your knees. I have a trick knee as well (i've torn the meniscus twice now) so there are those days now and again where it's like I'd better get it all done before I sit down because once I do, I'm done for the day. I hope you're feeling better today.

[singedsun]

I definitely know that feeling. Bad knees are the worst and I knew that standing up for as long as I did yesterday was going to hurt but sometimes it's hard to know exactly what's just pushing but okay and what's actually going to be days of recovery.

[universalme]

Sorry to hear you're suffering with your knees, hope they're doing better soon

[hazyl]

I have 2 bad knees as well and an orthopedic surgeon told me last year that I’ll eventually need total knee replacement on both. Putting that off for as long as possible, though! Hope you’re feeling better.