Carlos' suggestion about talking to a good ortho who can handle lifters, seems the best bet. I would ask Rip. If I recall correctly he (Rip) is missing some ligaments (ACL I think) in one knee, but can squat with loose wraps and attention to form.
I am not a doctor but I have a close friend who is, plus I have had some dealings with a shoulder specialist due to problems for my wife. It is obvious to me, that they seek to make your life average, not exceptional. So it's soooo much easier to say "stop squatting", in stead of actually finding a way to getting you back to squatting.
This is what happened to my wife. The guy is an expert in shoulders and worked for years at a sports clinic. Yet even he suggested she stop pressing anything heavy, and focused on dinky little excercises. If she does that, then his surgery (for bursitis, incidentally) will obviously never be put to the test. But she wants strong, healthy shoulders, so she is coming back to pressing (bench is pretty much out, though).
I'd post up in Rips Q&A with the exact diagnosis. Some of his best posts are on helping people work around/through injuries, I find.
Yeah, I think it might be worth a serious look. It sounds like you've got a lot of crap down there, and what is going to happen is that the knee is going to cry bloody murder at the most inopportune times. If you engage in any explosive movements, that is when it is going to shit the bed on you.
Damn this is bad news. I wish I had some intelligent advice to offer. But I got zip on this.
Thanks, guys.
16" Close grip
140x15
240x12
300x5 sets of 6
Dips
BWx4 sets of 20
Ab Wheel
2 standing
Tried a couple standing ab wheel reps to see if there was any stress placed on my knee since it really takes every muscle in your body. Did one, stood around a bit and couldn't really find any stress so I did another one and called it good.
You can squat with quite banged up knee connections. Allow me to third the ortho suggestion. If it's trashed enough, you might end up needing a replacement, but those things are pretty damn good these days, I understand.
Sorry I haven't checked in on your log recently! I'm sure you'll keep us updated, and we'll be thinking about you.
I'm am extremely curious, DV. Was she in a lot of pain with her bursitis? Mine was off the scale, registering a full 10 of 10.
Seriously? I don't know anything about it.
I really didn't want you to know about this problem. I figure when we get to meet it'll probably be during one of Seattles 'Occupying' get togathers, you to protest, me to make fun of all of you and you'll now know to kick me in the knee. Basturd....
I'm sorry to hear about the setbacks you are having.
I think knee wraps could be an option. I don't know how deep you squat, but maybe just going down to PL depth would be better? I like the idea of the raised handles on the trap bar too.
I'm not an expert by any means, just throwing out ideas. I hope you find something that works for you. I like the curling goal too, that would be awesome!