knee pain...what's the deal?

Runner's knee is by far the most common runner injury.

It is caused by running on the crown of roads, where the highest foot is turned inward, which turns the knee inward, and knocks the tracking out of whack.

Other causes are running in motion control shoes, and running on rubberized tracks in training shoes, that lock the knee and don't allow the usual 12 to 15 degrees of rotation.

The solution is to remove the causes. Ice and ice water is helpful for healing in the meantime.

thank you for the advice

can anyone second this?/are there any other likely possibilities?

J.R. wrote:

Runner's knee is by far the most common runner injury.

It is caused by running on the crown of roads, where the highest foot is turned inward, which turns the knee inward, and knocks the tracking out of whack.

Other causes are running in motion control shoes, and running on rubberized tracks in training shoes, that lock the knee and don't allow the usual 12 to 15 degrees of rotation.

The solution is to remove the causes. Ice and ice water is helpful for healing in the meantime.

I don't know myself, just wondering about this post. When you say running on rubberized tracks in training shoes, do you mean any runs on rubberized tracks or just those in certain shoes (and if so, aren't all shoes training shoes except racing flats)? Please clarify basically b/c I have been considering training on a rubberized track but I don't need to create problems for myself.

Thanks.

The more rubber on the soles, the more the shoes grab on rubberized tracks, which prevents the usual 12 to 15 degree rotation of the knees.

Racing shoes are less of an issue as there's not as much rubber on the soles.

However, there is no reason to wear rubber soles on rubberized tracks. Barefoot is the best.

i just started a very similar tread...could this issue also be caused by an increase of mileage done on a treadmill? can it be run through? thanks

Sounds like Pes anserinus to me. Most likely a bursitis.

I had possibly the same knee problem if i understand where it is not to long ago and a doctor told me i sprained my mcl, i took off a few days then cut my mileage a bit then heated it before I ran and iced it afterwards it went away within about 2 weeks or so.

fghrunner wrote:

i just started a very similar tread...could this issue also be caused by an increase of mileage done on a treadmill? can it be run through? thanks

Yes, the belt can hold the shoes similarly to a rubberized track.

I always run barefoot on the treadmill.

Take a week off. Do some water running and get treatment on it. Begin back slowly. If the pain returns get an MRI. Same thing happened to me last summer. I had a tear in my meniscus and had it scoped 3 weeks after the MRI. The good news is now I am running pain free. Good luck.