Stupid knee...

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Oakley64

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I apparently have "patellafemoral" syndrome...all summer while hiking through the streets of Rome in little heels (heels usually aggravate my condition...i just couldnt bear to wear flip flops in europe :p) my knees were great! No problems at all!!

I went running a few times at the beginning of september and throughout the beginning of october...all good.

Then end of october, i went running and had to stop because my knee randomly started really hurting...it went away after about an hour. So i tried running again 2 weeks later, and BAM, it happened again. This time, the pain still has not fully gone away.

This is very weird for me, cause normally, i can run through my knee pains (there was no way i could these past 2 times w/out feeling like i would seriously injure my knee more), and normally they go away in a matter of minutes to hours.


ARGGG...right when i really want to start getting in shape, crap like this happens. What are other good cardio that wont hurt my knee??? I know the elliptical and bike should be ok...but then i cheat, lol. I like my treadmill :(
 
Have you tried doing some resistance exercises to strengthen the muscles that support the knee joint? Try things like squats, deadlifts, leg extensions, leg curls, etc... If yu have not done them before start with light weights and high reps and gradually add more weight.
 
i have "tried"...but it hurts my knee to do a lot of those things...especially squats.

I made an appt with a PT...of course they didnt have anything available till the 27th...
 
its been few weeks that i noticed my right knee giving me trouble! just like you, i dnt know whats the matter with it. i feel like a sore pain on the outer side... i need to get checked. i never hit anything. i cnt do squats or sit on the legs or cross them for long time either.
 
dswithers said:
Have you tried doing some resistance exercises to strengthen the muscles that support the knee joint? Try things like squats, deadlifts, leg extensions, leg curls, etc... If yu have not done them before start with light weights and high reps and gradually add more weight.
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you ever tried exercising with patellofemoral pain? worst thing possible is resistance training.
 
Oakley64 said:
I apparently have "patellafemoral" syndrome...all summer while hiking through the streets of Rome in little heels (heels usually aggravate my condition...i just couldnt bear to wear flip flops in europe :p) my knees were great! No problems at all!!

I went running a few times at the beginning of september and throughout the beginning of october...all good.

Then end of october, i went running and had to stop because my knee randomly started really hurting...it went away after about an hour. So i tried running again 2 weeks later, and BAM, it happened again. This time, the pain still has not fully gone away.

This is very weird for me, cause normally, i can run through my knee pains (there was no way i could these past 2 times w/out feeling like i would seriously injure my knee more), and normally they go away in a matter of minutes to hours.


ARGGG...right when i really want to start getting in shape, crap like this happens. What are other good cardio that wont hurt my knee??? I know the elliptical and bike should be ok...but then i cheat, lol. I like my treadmill :(
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Hi Oakley64 have you considered taping? this is a method used to return a balance ratio between the vastus medialis obliquus and the vastus lateralis (both muscles of the quads) that maintain the alignment of the patella during knee flexion and extension. PFS is usually caused by an imbalance of these two muscles but many other factors are attributable.
 
Oakley64 said:
I apparently have "patellafemoral" syndrome...(
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Mate, I know how you feel, I am 32 and only just found out a couple of months ago that I have the same syndrome. My doctor recommended that I do squats every night. He said to do them with feet at about shoulder width apart, feet facing out (so it is pointing outways slightly). This will strengthen the right muscles to help re-align the knee cap as the muscle gets stronger. He recommended doing 3 x 12 reps (at least) or more if time permits.
 
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