sore knee

Mike,

It sounds like "runners knee", an inflammation of the area around the knee
cap. This is usually caused by weak quads. You need to do single leg
presses. A physical therapist will show you the proper technique or you
can Google it and get some information.

Bob
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I am 65 and almost daily have been doing a strenuous uphill climb on
residential streets in Berkeley, California. Now I have a sore knee,
it's especially sore on the inside just beside the kneecap.

I have stopped my routine for now. Does anyone know an excellent
exercise to alleviate this soreness? Also, any exercises to strengthen
the legs to protect the knee?

Should I be seeing a physical therapist?

Thanks for any help.

Mike

mike said:

I am 65 and almost daily have been doing a strenuous uphill climb on
residential streets in Berkeley, California. Now I have a sore knee,
it's especially sore on the inside just beside the kneecap.

I have stopped my routine for now. Does anyone know an excellent
exercise to alleviate this soreness? Also, any exercises to strengthen
the legs to protect the knee?

Several random thoughts come to mind:

Don't run if it hurts. If you can slowly jog on the flats or on easy trails
without pain, that would be good.

Ice and rest should do the trick. Then start slowly again on a less
stressful surface, and work back up to hills.

The longer you wait to do something about an injury, the longer it will take
to heal.

Age, sadly, exposes minor weaknesses which youthful resilience formerly
triumphed over. I used to be able to run hills day after day, but now I
sandwich a relatively flat day between hill days.

It may be a strength issue, or it may be an alignment issue. I had to get
the tilt of my feet just right (orthotics and insoles) to get rid of kneecap
pain. Never did any exercises -- when the kneecap tracked naturally, the
pain went away.

-- Dan

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Mike,

Something to try along with what Don recommends:

You can roll out the quad so that the muscle relaxes more and
therefore takes the pressure off of the tendon.

http://www.mindfulness.com/of5.asp

Also go to google, then groups rec.running and type in
"
Quad/Knee Compile info: Was; Constant quad tightness"
goes into things to do in much more detail.

In health and on the run,
Ozzie Gontang
Director, San Diego Marathon Clinic, est. 1975
Maintainer - rec.running FAQ
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/running-faq/
Mindful Running:
http://www.mindfulness.com/mr.asp

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Quoted message said:

I am 65 and almost daily have been doing a strenuous uphill climb on
residential streets in Berkeley, California. Now I have a sore knee,
it's especially sore on the inside just beside the kneecap.

I have stopped my routine for now. Does anyone know an excellent
exercise to alleviate this soreness? Also, any exercises to strengthen
the legs to protect the knee?

Should I be seeing a physical therapist?

Thanks for any help.

Mike

A jogger with sore joints............how rare and exciting.

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A jogger with sore joints............how rare and exciting.

You know sometimes while you're trolling, you hit upon an ephiphany. This one
of those moments.

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I am 65 and almost daily have been doing a strenuous uphill climb on
residential streets in Berkeley, California. Now I have a sore knee,
it's especially sore on the inside just beside the kneecap.

That is precisely where I get some knee pain from time to time. I've had it
X-ray'd and no spurs were found but it did show a thinner meniscus (sp?) on
the inside. The therapist thinks that extra stretching on the quads would
help (seems to), with ice to the knees immediately after runs (that
definitely helps). I was also told that hills/inclines/stairclimbing
increases the pain as well. So: Ice, flat running, lots of quad
stretching/exercising. The advice is worth what you paid for it. :o)

Clear skies,
Roger
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