ironchef

Hi Burton,

How is your knee now since the surgery?
Is it back to 100 percent?
What can you do now that you couldn't before?

Thanks,
Ironchef

Burton

Thanks for asking. It isn't 100%, but I don't have to wear a brace anymore! It doesn't have quite the flexibility that it did before the miniscal tear, but I am working on that everyday. Before the operation I couldn't sit on my knees and relax without the miniscus shifting and locking my knee. I couldn't get in certain grappling positions without the brace (which limited the mobility of the knee), or I would get the locking sensation which was not pleasant. Much better, and nice for me and my partners not to have to deal with that brace.

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I can personally attest to the fact that it is much nicer to get triangle-choked by Burton when he is not wearing that space-age knee-brace.

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