hi all, i seem to have developed a touch of kneetwitchitis. I've been using the trainer recently to try and get my cadence up and since doing so my knee has started to twitch and become almost insignifcantly swolen (i think this might just be the tendons strengthening from some weight exercises tho). It doesn't hurt, just annoying. it's right on the centre of the kneecap running horizontally across it. Is this a common cycling ailment which some linament and a few days off will sort or do i need to get it amputated?
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hi all, i seem to have developed a touch of kneetwitchitis. I've been using the trainer recently to try and get my cadence up and since doing so my knee has started to twitch and become almost insignifcantly swolen (i think this might just be the tendons strengthening from some weight exercises tho). It doesn't hurt, just annoying. it's right on the centre of the kneecap running horizontally across it. Is this a common cycling ailment which some linament and a few days off will sort or do i need to get it amputated?
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hi all, i seem to have developed a touch of kneetwitchitis. I've been using the trainer recently to try and get my cadence up and since doing so my knee has started to twitch and become almost insignifcantly swolen (i think this might just be the tendons strengthening from some weight exercises tho). It doesn't hurt, just annoying. it's right on the centre of the kneecap running horizontally across it. Is this a common cycling ailment which some linament and a few days off will sort or do i need to get it amputated?
hi all, i seem to have developed a touch of kneetwitchitis. I've been using the trainer recently to try and get my cadence up and since doing so my knee has started to twitch and become almost insignifcantly swolen (i think this might just be the tendons strengthening from some weight exercises tho). It doesn't hurt, just annoying. it's right on the centre of the kneecap running horizontally across it. Is this a common cycling ailment which some linament and a few days off will sort or do i need to get it amputated?
It sounds as though you've irritated one of the nerves which causes the muscle to contract, probably by doing unnatural things with your leg. If you really want to develop a fast, smooth cadence, you should be using rollers, which give much better feedback than a trainer. And you may need to drop your saddle a bit to spin fast and smooth.
I don't think much of your "pumped-up tendon" theory, unless you have tendonitis, which is inflammation of the sheath around it. That could be causing the nerve pressure.
