Went to the doc and thats what they said i probably have. In my meet saturday i was running the 2 mile on indoor track and knee started to kill halfway through (absolutely no paon before this during first half or warm up). and i had to drop out cause my knee just gave out from the pain.
So the doc said walk on it and it should clear up soon, but i dont see how this is when i cant even walk right now.
Anyone ever have this and can tell me about it?
Well naturally you need a couple of days for it to get some initial recovery, but yeah, after that you just take easy walks. Mabye some mild ice for a day or two to reduce swelling. Then in a few days start with the easy walks to get bloodflow in there without jarring anything.
I had it once. It really didn't improve much over a month and a half, but kept fitness by cycling. I ultimately went for physical therapy which helped some, but it didn't fully go away until I got a cortisone shot. Maybe you'll be luckier.
Well there is no visible swelling of my knee. and when i say i cant walk i mean i cant walk at all, it hurts too much to put my body weight on that knee.
I plan on road biking until it gets better as long as that doesnt hurt
uh...that doesn't sound like bursitis.
bursitis = swelling of the bursa...which means if that's what you had, there would likely be at least some swelling that you would notice around the tendon compared to the other side. also bursitis, while painful, doesn't get to where you literally can't bear weight on it, especially that quickly. the fact that it came on suddenly in the middle of your race with no pain before also doesn't really go along with bursitis, which tends to start out as less of a problem and get worse over time.
i would get a second opinion. your knee "giving out" is not a good thing, and again, not really indicative of bursitis.
I meant it was giving out cause when i would land on it during the race it would hurt so bad my body wouldnt let me use my knee. Now when i walkit just hurts and feels unstable. And if i put weight on it slowly it doesnt hurt until i take my weight off of it.
I dont think its bursitis and that is why i asked about it on these forums, just doesnt seem right from what ive read about it. Personally i feel like they didnt know what it was so they diagnosed it with that with somethine that would only be me going home and staying off of it/ice/ibuprofen.
I had the same thing, and it cleared up after I went to a running store and took a shit in a pair of compression socks.
It doesn't sound like what I had. I had prepatellar bursitis after I fell right onto my knee. The bursa was red and swollen and super tender, right below the kneecap. I could pinch it between my thumb and index finger. It hurt like hell to bend the knee, but not to weight bear with the knee held straight without bending. Stayed sore for a month.
Well ive been trying to bear weight on it past day but ti still hurts. When i do, after i take the weight off its like i radiates(the pain) down my calf like theres a ton of pressure. i havent gone to class cause i cant walk at all.
Im a hopin it gets better soon cause i need to run since weather getting nice in the midwest