Hi.
I'm dealing with what I think is an inner knee injury and I'm not entirely sure when it's ok to go back to running.
About a week and a half ago I...um....did some lunges and squats (just a couple), which I never do EVER. I was just trying to them out. Saw the correct form in video and wanted to try for myself to see how hard it would be. Yep, pretty hard! In fact, terribly hard!
Anway, pretty much right after that I had fairly bad pain in my inner knees when I run (I'm doing a walk/run program so about 50% of my exercise is running). It hardly bothers me when I walk, but even jogging a few steps I can feel the pressure on the inside of my knee and just below.
I did a bit of internetting and it seems as though I may have pulled the tendons that run down the inside of the knee and attach to the tibia. Sounds about right.
I've been icing fairly regularly, especially when it feels quite swollen, and taking ibuprofen. I have been trying to keep off my legs, haven't taken any stairs or gone for a run since the injury. But it almost feels like it's getting stiffer? It really does feel uncomfortable when I take a few jogging steps. Uphill or downhill doesn't seem to make a difference and walking doesn't bother them at all.
So how long do I wait? Can I run on that kind of discomfort (I read a running article that said you can run with a 5 out of 10 pain as long as you ice it and rest it after - doesn't sound right to me, but might as well check)? Is this the kind of thing that heals fairly quickly? Should I be doing some swimming to keep my knees working without the pain from impact?
Of course, I'd see a doctor but I'm in a foreign country without insurance at the moment so I'm trying to see how it goes day by day, but I'm getting anxious to get back at it! I'm on week 3 of the Couch to 5k program and this is seriously putting a damper on my enthusiasm.
I'm dealing with what I think is an inner knee injury and I'm not entirely sure when it's ok to go back to running.
About a week and a half ago I...um....did some lunges and squats (just a couple), which I never do EVER. I was just trying to them out. Saw the correct form in video and wanted to try for myself to see how hard it would be. Yep, pretty hard! In fact, terribly hard!
Anway, pretty much right after that I had fairly bad pain in my inner knees when I run (I'm doing a walk/run program so about 50% of my exercise is running). It hardly bothers me when I walk, but even jogging a few steps I can feel the pressure on the inside of my knee and just below.
I did a bit of internetting and it seems as though I may have pulled the tendons that run down the inside of the knee and attach to the tibia. Sounds about right.
I've been icing fairly regularly, especially when it feels quite swollen, and taking ibuprofen. I have been trying to keep off my legs, haven't taken any stairs or gone for a run since the injury. But it almost feels like it's getting stiffer? It really does feel uncomfortable when I take a few jogging steps. Uphill or downhill doesn't seem to make a difference and walking doesn't bother them at all.
So how long do I wait? Can I run on that kind of discomfort (I read a running article that said you can run with a 5 out of 10 pain as long as you ice it and rest it after - doesn't sound right to me, but might as well check)? Is this the kind of thing that heals fairly quickly? Should I be doing some swimming to keep my knees working without the pain from impact?
Of course, I'd see a doctor but I'm in a foreign country without insurance at the moment so I'm trying to see how it goes day by day, but I'm getting anxious to get back at it! I'm on week 3 of the Couch to 5k program and this is seriously putting a damper on my enthusiasm.