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Ive been doing a workout one or two days a week for a couple of weeks that starts with a warm up of air squats then moves into 25 dead lifts 135 lbs then run .25 miles, rest 90 sec, 20 dead lifts run .25 mi, rest, 15 lifts run .25 mi, rest 10 lifts run .25 mi. I weight lift 5 days per week alternating body parts and changing my routine often. I had knee surgery 10 yrs ago on my rt knee, but after this last session my good knee swelled and is still tender 2 days later.
Rest ice elevation and compression.
Do you think this was lifting or running problems or a combo?
What are your opinions on the workout.
Working out my legs is always problematic for me. What's up? No other body part is as fussy as my legs.
 
You might have reptured your bursa sack (they are in every joint) I reptured mine in my elbow, it swelled up and was tender for a while. My friend just reptured both his knee's and they are still tender about 3 days later. If its that I would say stay off it till its not tender because thats the only way it will get beter. This can come from hiting it against something hard or lots of stress.
Otherwise not to sure wat the problem is. Hope it gets better though
 
Are you using good form on the deadlifts and other leg exercises? The key is to ensure your knees never goes further forward than your toes and that you keep your weight more towards your heels rather than on the balls of your feet. A good way to check is if you can still wiggle your toes when you are at the bottom of the range of motion (in full squat). If you're not using this form then it places a lot of stress on your knees. Once you have recovered, you may also want to try warming up a bit more depending on how warm the air squats get you. To jump right into 135 lb deadlifts may also be stressing things.
 
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What Might Be Causing Your Knee Pain

A couple of points I'd like to share that may help you out. I haven't seen you but it sounds like you may be overcompensating for weakness on your right side (leg) by overusing your left.

This is common especially after a previous surgery. It's like repetitive stress where you've probably been doing this all of this time but you never had an issue until the stress to your left knee accumulated to this point.

When you run you're left leg can be bearing more weight versus your right leg when you push off and when you land which compounds the stress and can result in knee, lower back, hip, foot and ankle pain over time.

Add to that the high volume of your workout (that's 70 reps for deadlifts per workout plus 4 rounds of .25 mi runs) and that can negatively impact your ability to recover. Especially if you do this twice during a week.

I have a link to a quick video demo of how to perform the squat properly to prevent knee pain if you're interested. It's the 2nd article if you scroll down. It's at yatesperformancetraining.blogspot.com
 
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Thanks for the input

This site is sooo great!! The info you all have provided has been helpful and right on the money. Over compensating is something I never though of. Thanks WB
 
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