Pain on Inside of Knee HELP

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13 years ago 10/21/2010 8:22pm EDT

Hey everyone.

So a couple days ago I got a pain in my knee on the inside of my left knee. I think it was either a) doing hills/going down because we did a large hill or b) a certain workout I did at the gym that day.

Anyways I took the day off after hoping it would go away, but after my run today it hurt again. It mainly hurts when I get up from sitting down, or when I am going up stairs, not really noticeable when I am running. I was diagnosed with tendinitis and told to stretch my quads a lot which makes sense because they are pretty tight.

This has happened to me once before, but I took 3 days off after that and it never came back until now.

I am told to continue to run through it, is this smart advice? Or should I take time off? As much as I am concerned with racing, I don't want to mess up anything for the long term.

Considering taking glucosamine with chondriton, heard that was effective.

Thanks for the help guys, any input with be appreciated.

13 years ago 10/21/2010 8:33pm EDT

re: almost injured runner

I'm fairly inexperienced so take my advice for what it is ...

I've had that exact same pain with the right knee. I essentially ran through it, but I am now running most of my training miles on grass or rail trail. I also am running with a more compact stride keeping the foot beneath my hip as much as possible. The pain is greatly reduced at this time, but I still feel it mildly on occasion.

Brian

13 years ago 10/21/2010 8:38pm EDT

re: almost injured runner

same thing happened to me about 5 weeks ago...I took some time off, icing 3 times a day, using an ice sup. Started running again...still icing 2-3 times a day, especially after a run...started doing real low weight leg curls and leg extentions 2-3 times a week, still icing and running...4 weeks later I pr'd in the marathon.

REST

ICE

LEG work (not sure if this helped or not- but I was told the issue may be a result of hill work and weak quads/calves)

RUN

anyways, good luck

13 years ago 10/21/2010 8:39pm EDT

re: almost injured runner

I had similar pain when my medial meniscus was, possibly, slightly torn.

13 years ago 10/21/2010 8:51pm EDT

re: fdsklaj

Glucosamine likely won't do much. You'd need to be more specific as to where the pain is, but it could likely be MCL/medial meniscus pain--they "articulate" with one another so they can cause pain together. It may be some arthritis (unlikely if you're young and active), or some tendinitis of the tendons of the semimembranosus or semitendinosus. If you can run through it, feel free to do so. Stick to the grass and stay away from hills. Pool run if you can. Icing and ibuprofen will help with pain. But ibu will mask pain also so be careful with running on it after taking it.

13 years ago 10/21/2010 9:12pm EDT

re: suar

Thanks for the input everyone.

suar, did you find that the initial rest phase was pointless? Congrats on the PR, I had started to heat before the runs and I will start to ice after as well.

seebelcherrun, I had it diagnosed as tendonitis (no official x-rays or anything though). I do not think it is arthritis as I am still young. I do not think the pair is great enough to be anything meniscus related, hopefully not anyways. Plus there is no swelling that I can tell from.

So far from the advice I have received I think that I will continue to run on it, ice, and hope it gradually subsides. Any other advice is welcomed!

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