I have been having some problems running lately in regards to my knees. It doesn't have anything to do with the knee cap, but the bone below. I feel this pain everytime I land. What is the problem and how do i fix it?
I have been having some problems running lately in regards to my knees. It doesn't have anything to do with the knee cap, but the bone below. I feel this pain everytime I land. What is the problem and how do i fix it?
tendonitis? osgood schlatters (sp???)
not much to do besides ice and rest...
more info please. Recent increase in mileage ?, what kind of shoes (built up trainers with high heel height vs. lower heel to toe ratio). Do you strengthen and stretch? Could be weakness in hips or calves or tightness in hamstrings or calves. At any rate, the knees are being overloaded and irritated, probably the last thing you need is to work on quad strength.
aight. Im no Professional, but I had the same stuff you are experiencing. Basically too much pounding on the knees. I iced, ibuprofene, but that only alleviated temporarily. Strengthen quadriceps, by using legs extension machines. Dont try doing too many squats or lunges, becuase the next day it will become more unbareable. Basically strengthen your quads, try running on grass so there is less pounding on the knees, and also ice ice ice your knees after running. Also if you are a heel striker, try adjusting the moment of impact to more of your midfoot, so that your feet ankles and quads act as shock absorbers. Also tight hamstrings can cause this, this is all I did for my knees I hope it helps you too.
Quad strength is something you definitly want to do. I dunno what the other guy is saying, but from my experience quad strength lifting helped tremendously, as well as changing my foot strike and form
Im not saying never again strengthen you quads but the extensor mechanism needs a break. When you land in the gait cycle the first thing you do is absorb the shock at impact, the quads do part of this but if you have a weak butt or calves the quads are overworked and you get what you have. Good suggestions though, esp the overstriding thing, if thats what you doing. Count you stride rate sometime, interesting discussion on here elsewhere about 180 stride rate give or take.
Well, i took 3 days off after my indoor season, cold turkey. I started up with 49 miles the following week. That's probably the problem. What can I do so I can still train and deal with the issue?