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Quadriceps Tendon Rupture – Recovery phase 3

Today, Friday 1 March, it’s 10 weeks since QTR surgery.

Learnings: Quadriceps Tendon Rupture is an uncommon injury with an incidence of  1.37/100,000 patients per year. More frequent on men than women and people over 40 years of age.

The quadriceps tendon ruptures typically occur during an eccentric contraction where the quadriceps muscle is contracting, but the knee is being straightened. When this occurs, the sudden, opposing forces can exceed the strength of the quadriceps tendon. An eccentric contraction can occur with injuries such as a slip on wet ground or a sports injury. [Source]
You know the feeling when you step in a hole you haven’t noticed or step of the sidewalk without looking, miss a step…I thought it was caused by an extreme bend of the knee. 

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Thursday, 21 February, I visited the physiotherapist and got the knee brace adjusted to 60 degrees and got a new exercise: Put a pillow under the knee – stretch 5 sek. – relax 5 sek. 15 times, 3 sets.

I wanted to try Kinesio taping and while searching for information I came across the Facebook page Bilatural Quad Tendon Rupture, created by a physiotherapist from Colorado, who suffered from a QTR in both knees!!! in 2015. On his page you find photos and videos with personal experiences, tip on taping and exercises.

Kinesio tape is supposed to target different receptors within the somatosensory system, alleviates pain and facilitates lymphatic drainage by microscopically lifting the skin. This lifting affect forms convolutions in the skin thus increasing interstitial space and allowing for a decrease in inflammation of the affected areas. [Source]

I test it to relieve pain, increase blood circulation and speed up recovery. It’s not really a documented “science” and there are different opinions of the effect out there on the net.

For the same reason, increase circulation, I also ordered and received a pair of Modetro knee sleeves from Amazon to be tested as well. Compression sleeves made of Bamboo charcoal fibers!

A physiotherapist suggested to use a golf ball under the foot to massage the foot arch as some sort of zone therapy. My own phys. suggested an exercise to sit on a chair and using e.g. a towel on the floor and move the foot back and forth. I now combine the two and switched the towel with the golf ball – exercise and massage at the same time 🙂

I have added magnesium to the list of dietary supplements. Magnesium build up bones and muscles, has anti inflammatory benefits, it boost exercise performance and metabolize vitamin D, among other things.

Enjoy and take care…

Sources:
Ergasia PT youtube channel
verywellhealth.com
epainassist.com
epainassist.com/excercise
healthline.com

Cooking juicy chicken breast

These days modern chicken breasts from the supermarket are pumped with salt water. They often get dry and boring when cooking them in the oven coz the water vaporize. Here is a 3 easy step tip on how to cook  chicken breast in the oven to make them nice and juicy:

  1. Oven 150 degrees. Cook for 10 minutes.
  2. Take out the chicken, let it rest for approx 10 min
  3. Put it back in the oven for 10 min.

That’s it.

What happened @ summer holiday 2011

It was some time ago we finished the summer holiday 2011. Today, Nine eleven, has the same weather like most of this summer – 19 degrees, sun mixed with heavy showers. Thought I should evaluate the summer holiday 2011.

Before the vacation Mickey and I agreed on some “projects”:

  • Camp Møller
    Visit my colleague Bo & family at their summer residence at Marienlyst.  Beach, minigolf, jogging, good food etc.

  • Game box
    Mickey designed 2 boxes for his video games that we made and cover them with art we created in Photoshop.

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  • Golf
    Pay & Play golf at Hylliekroken Golfcenter. We had the pleasure having our neighbour, Håkan, as golf instructor.
  • Canoe trip
    The plan was to go on a two day canoe trip with overnight camping on an island in Immeln. Since I’m not a hard core camper, I didn’t like to camp in pouring rain. During the actual week, it was not possible to find two days in a row where it didn’t rain. We decided to go on a one day trip instead and we were happy – it didn’t start raining until 14.00. It was a great day anyway, getting close to nature with stop overs on different small islands 🙂

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Xtras:
  • Minigolf Folkets park
    A fun adventure golf court at Folkets Park in Malmö. 14 holes with themes from different sights in Malmö.
  • Hälsans stig
    Mickey and I spent several hours walking the 9 km “path of health” and took the opportunity of  doing some photo safari at the same time…

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  • Camp Jensen
    A week before the official summer vacation we visited colleague Rune & family who rented a house on Bornholm. A weekend with “walk abouts”, mountain biking, “John Deer gardening”, nice food and drinks…

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Historien om tomträtten

This  blog post is about the “Tomträtt” (“rent of the ground”) and an article in the “Sydsvenskan” south Swedish news paper. Sorry it’s in Swedish.

Historien är att vi 2006 köpte vårt nuvarande hus på Limhamn, Malmö. Vid visningen av huset hörde vi om att det hade tomträtt – var inte friköpt tomt. Vi frågade mäklaren vad det betydde och fick besked på att man inte ägde tomten utan bara huset och hyran var sek 180,-/år. Vi skulle inte tänka över på det och det hade inte någon större betydelse förrän om flera år. Köpsprocessen gick mycket snabbt och det var svårt att få reda på något om vad tomrätt betydde och litade på mäklaren.

När vi fick beskedet av kommunen hur mycket markvärdet var och hur mycket vi skulle betala i sk. tomträttsavgäld (November 2009) startade vi en grupp på Facebook, Tomträtt nej tack, och hittade senare också Villaägarnas Facebook grupp  Stoppa marknadshyrorna mot tomträtter – NU.

Den 2 Januari 2011 var vi med i en artikel i Sydsvenskan angående vår situation i förhållande till den 18 000% hyreshöjning av tomträtten vi råkat ut för och som började gälla från den 1 Januari 2011. Kjell Sollbe, jurist på fastighetskontoret, kommenterade i artiklen att kommunen informerat tillräckligt och att folk inte alltid fått korrekt information från mäklaren. Kjell menar också att det borde vara en prisskillnad på en friköpt tomt och hus med tomträtt. Jag skrev en mail till honom för att följa upp på hans kommentarer:

“Jag har tidigare frågat Malmö kommun hur ni räknar ut marknadsvärdet på en tomt med ett hus på?
Finns där andra köpare till en sån tomt än de som äger huset? Om det inte finns andra köpare så burde väl marknadsvärdet vara 0? Eller blivit absorberat i huset…
När vi köpte huset hösten 2006 var tomträtten 188 kr/år och ingen vi kände visste hur mycket den skulle ändras i 2011. Det fick vi besked på i 2009. Hur skulle vi kunna föhandla eller argumentera för att köpa huset billigare i 2006 p.g.a. tomrätten eftersom den var marginell vid det tidspunkt?

Det verkar som att där inte är några gemensamma regler som gäller för de olika kommuner som har tomträtter. Det är tydligen upp till varje kommun hur mycket marknadsvärdet är, hur många % tomträttsavgälden skall vara osv. Detta verkar mycket oseriöst och jag kunde tänka mig en förklaring på hur det kan vara sån, om det är riktigt och vem som bestämmer vad som gäller?

På 40-talet “uppfanns” tomträtten för att hjälpa invånarna så de hade råd att bosätta sig, men nu är det tvärtom. Jag uppfattar det som att Malmö kommun använder det som en extra inkomstkälla på bekostnad av oss husägare som råkat hamna i fel avtalsperiod och att de beslut som fattats inte löser eller hjälper på tomträttsproblemen.”

Kjell Solbe svarade:

“Hej

Tomträttsinstitutet är från slutet av 1800-talet och fick sin egentliga utformning under början av 1900-talet och med en genomgripande reform under början av 1950-talet och som nu tillämpas. Högestadsgatan 15 var tidigare upplåten enligt äldre bestämmelser före 1954. Gällande lagstiftning återfinns i 13 kap. jordabalken och här finns också reglerna för bl.a. avgäldsregleringar.

Avgälden bestäms efter det värde marken har vid tiden för omprövningen och med en räntefaktor (avgäldsränta). Kommunen tillämpar för närvarande 65 % av gällande marktaxeringsvärde och räntesatsen 3,0 procentenheter. Att marken skulle vara värdelös och sättas till 0 kronor håller jag för helt uteslutet. Tomten har ett värde i avröjt skick.  Skatteverkets åsatta marktaxeringsvärde motsvarar 75 % av marknadsvärdet och är bestämd efter principen att byggnaden inte finns, dvs. en obebyggd tomt.

Som köpare finns det en undersökningsplikt och framför allt att göra sig underkunnigAr om vad det är för fastighet som förvärvas. Även om avgälden fr.o.m. den  1 januari 2011 inte exakt kunde anges år 2006 så fanns ändå möjligheten att använda 2006 års marktaxeringsvärde (100 %) och då gällande räntesats som var 3,5 procentenheter. Och därmed fått en fingervisning om kommande avgäldsreglering.  Avgälden för Högestadsgatan 15 har varit oförändrad sedan 1943 och fram t.o.m. 2010. Tomträtten har således varit subventionerad under lång tid och med många möjligheter till friköp. Av tidigare avtal framgår att tomträtten upphörde den 31 december 2010 och ska ersättas med ett tilläggsavtal för fortsatt upplåtelse, så har också skett.

Tekniska nämnden (politiskt sammansatt) beslutar varje år hur avgäldsregleringarna ska genomföras beträffande kommunens tomträtter, som vid denna tidpunkt är föremål för ny avgäld.

Med vänlig hälsning
Kjell Sollbe
Avdelningschef/chefsjurist
Malmö stad, Fastighetskontoret
Fastighetsjuridiska avdelningen”

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Camp Bridge 1/2 Marathon 2010

The 11 of January I started my training for the ½ marathon over the Öresund bridge. It started with  an “agreement” with our neighbor over a glass of wine some time  in the autumn 2009. During the long winter I have followed a program i got from smarts.se, some Swedish guys that used to give advice on how to train.

During the training period I suffered from aching ankles and one of my coaches meant it could be a combination with “little” bit overweight and running on ice, snow and other difficult “street texture”. The feet and ankles have to compensate for the “insecure” foundation with some micro movements. Instead of  running I did some cycling and roller-skating instead.

The smarts.se training was much about time and intensity. To find out the intensity for 80% intensity: 0,80 x (max pulse – rest pulse) + rest pulse.

The training started with 45 minutes jog with 70% intensity (for me at the time: 0.7 x (195-80) + 80 = 160 bpm) for the first 3 weeks. Then 60 min. for 2 weeks.

Phase 2 was 80% intensity 2 times a week and 1 time rush training. During the process I was recommended to  try a competition week that included a ½ marathon, just to get the feeling of  how long 21 km really is.

The last 5 weeks I have been using a program from jogg.se called “formtoppa” that I found more alternate (sorry, but can’t find the link to “formtoppa” anymore).

22 weeks later, that means Saturday June 12, the big day arrived and we, x colleague Søren, neighbor Catrine and Håkan and I took the bus to Kastrup, Denmark. It started to piss down and I got the feeling that if this continue it is not going to be fun. Just as fast the rain came, just as fast came the sun and everything was fine again.

The waiting time was a bit long at Kastrup Beach park and then we walked a few kilometers before the actual start line. The first experience was the planes just flying over us, “waving” with their wings, at least thats was we thought. Next we entered the tunnel and was VERY warm but the “sound waves” was great. On the bridge we had lots of sun, great view and lots of tail wind – a fantastic experience. After reaching land again, people had gathered to cheer and at some places along the way there was music. After 21,1 km I was VERY happy to see the finish line. Was feeling a bit dizzy after passing the line and it was very crowded to get to the water depoes , get a medal and something to eat. Then I had to find the luggage that had been put on a lorry in Denmark.

We finished of in style with a great (and late) after run dinner at Casa Swedanes. Thank to all the participants for making this a day to remember.

The “Brolöp” was unique in different ways. It is the only race that pass both under and over water and that start in one country and finish in another.

My time:  2 hours 11 minutes.

Floppy Disks R.I.P.

Finally my floppy disks are copied to the computer to be burned on CDs…
They are destroyed and ready for the graveyard – may they rest in peace…

While working with these old school storage utilities I thought a little bit about how storage of data has changed during the last decade and what the future will bring.

The floppy disks could hold about 2 MB each and you needed several of them to copy data and for applications.  On a CD you can burn 700 MB (350 floppy disks), a DVD around 4 GB and a USB flash drive can these days contain up to 256 GB!

What’s next? More data on smaller utilities. The challenge is maybe that the USB slot size is too big 😉 or are we going to use small data cards looking like SIM cards for the mobile? What’s the limit?

In the future the  storage utilities are maybe so small that we have difficulties handling them, we misplace them and can’t find them, a baby, dog or cat swallow them, there isn’t room for the label :-)…

Found this self portrait on one of the floppies…

Happy New Year

2009 is a gonner, very rapidly I would say. 1½ hour to the Danish Queen’s new year speach. This year we are having a “real” Swedish new year (probably with some Norwegian input) for the first time in many years. The festivities start at 19.00 so we have time to watch the speach – tradition is strong…

Yesterday we spent the evening at Vallåsen Skicenter with 4 hours of skiing between 17.00-19.00 on lit slopes, clear sky, lots of stars and full moon. Maybe that should be a new tradition…

Last year we went to Gran Canaria 5 December for a week in the sun. This year we went to the same place 11 December. That could be a tradition…

Time to say goodbye to the zeroes and welcome to the teens. Hopefully with some good food, wine, champagne, drinks, nice company and fireworks – that is the tradition 🙂

Maspalomas, Gran Canaria 2009

What’s your traditions?

The risk

Living on one side of a lot of water and working on the other and the only connection is a bridge + tunnel there is always a risk being stuck on one or the other side. If it’s good or bad getting stuck probably depends on the circumstances. Yesterday (Wednesday 18/11) me and my fellow carpool friends got stuck on the Danish side due to a truck that apparently was affected by the strong wind and blocked the road around 16.30. After some time walking around Fields shopping center we decided to drive to a Metro station and take public transport over to the other side of the sound. The bridge opened again for the car traffic around 21.00. I arrived home 21.30 with public transport…

In the 3 years we have been living in Malmö this was the third time I was stuck in Denmark but this was the first time it took such a long time for it to open again.

Of course there is a risk driving over a bridge and under a long tunnel everyday but I guess there is a risk just being…

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