Does anyone know if it is OK to keep running after your knee tightens up/starts to hurt? Will it hurt the recovery process to continue running? I've only been running 4 miles a day because it has been tightening up after a few. If it is ok to run through it, I would like to get back up to my normal mileage. I have found strengthening exercises for the VMO and am doing them often. Thanks a lot.
Well, I ran through it and it healed when I increased my mileage. Looking back it it I doubt it was a smart idea, and I probably just got lucky
make sure it is runners knee first, and not something else.
i've been running thru it for 11 months. i wear the knee straps most of the time. it has got better but not completely. i've been increasing mileage/intensity and havent been doing enough leg exercises to strengthen/balance the muscles.
Don't do it, or else you'll end perpetually injurred and borderline suicidal like me. Fix the underlaying problem first and recognize that you may not be genetically good enough to run at the level you want to run, in which case you'll have to lower your expectations.
damn, a lot of other threads said people kept on running, but i guess i'll stop and just bike for a while and do the strengthening exercises
I ran through it, it led to other problems and I tore my plantar fascia. Get orthotics if you don't have them.
Last fall I had a problem with swelling under my knee cap, and if I ran, it would either numb out or hurt to where I could no longer run. I talked to a knowledgeable trainer about it, and he explained what was causing the pain etc; further, he said in order to cross train effectively, I would need to do activities with small range of motion of the knee. That being said, I could not ride my bike, and I was left to the elliptical.
Just take some rest and maybe the bike will work for you, but if it hurts at all while riding, then you might as well be running. I waited until too late by trying to train through it, and ended up suffering early in the cross country season. Take some ibuprofen to cut down the swelling, ice often, go on some long walks to help promote blood flow to the area, and I got this Arnica cream and wintergreen oil from this kind of hippie-holistic health store (I was desperate), yet I got over it and put together a decent season. Best of luck man.
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