10th Kyu- injury leading up to first tournament
For context, I'm 33 and I've had bad knees since I was a teenager. The last several months I've been intentionally strengthening them and honestly haven't had any issues.
But a couple weeks ago during kumite I took a kick to the front of my knee and it flexed back. Not pretty, but not as bad as it could have been.
I've been trying to keep training and was doing well until kumite last night where I took a mawashi geri to the side of the knee. Normally I would have been fine but it put me down for a second.
After class my sensei expressed his concern about my knee still being tender and the comp being a week from now.
I'm concerned too, and at this point I'm just wondering what I can do to get this at least mostly rehabbed by the Tournament? Any insight or advice would be great!