So it's been a while since I last came on here. 3 months and a half to be exact, and in the meantime there's been some setbacks and some progress. I've been rehabbing my knees hard for the past 2 months, and it's really paying off. I can now do squats with almost no pain, except that I still feel some discomfort.
My left knee is probably at 90-95%, and my right knee at 70%. So there's still some way to go before I'm back to having the knees of a 21 year old (that's how old I am). But unlike the last time I posted on here, I can now run, jump, and walk up stairs pain free, and I guess that was good enough for my physical therapist to give me some of the best news I've heard all year; I am now cleared to play basketball. I mean so far, it's only 30 minutes of basketball once a week, but given how long I've been out I'm still pretty excited about it.
Let's talk vertical then. I've tried jumping a few times in the past two days, and each time I didn't feel any pain. How high? I'm not 100% sure because I haven't really been going for max jumps, but I'm fairly certain I can still touch the rim. So that means that in the worst case I've got a 30" vertical. It's a long way from 50" but for someone who hasn't been jumping or running for the past 8 months I think 30" is not too bad.
The plan right now is to keep doing rehab until my knees are as close as possible to 100%. By then, I think I will have added a few more inches to my jumping just from getting in better shape.
"When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5..." Jay-Z.
