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Knee pain and running

Shawn Ivey • June 16, 2011 • Chicago, IL, USA

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I've recently begun running several times a week. During a 5-mile run the other day, I began experiencing pain in my left knee. Specifically, it feels a bit like a bad bruise below the kneecap on the inside of the leg, and the pain has continued for several days - especially when sitting for long periods of time, or even while walking. I want to keep running as I'm training for my first half marathon, but I don't want to further damage the knee if running will make the problem worse.

Has anyone had this experience? Am I ok to keep running through the pain? Are there treatments (brace, exercises, etc.) I can try to reduce or eliminate the problem?

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wvsun • May 9, 2012 at 8:43pm

Gain a little – Lose a lot!

At the rate I was going I was bound to get hurt and in the future, maybe I’ll be more sensitive to my pain. I love to push myself to exhaustion but it is not worth paying the penalty if I have to spend time recovering from an injury. I was being motivated by “The President’s Challenge” https://www.presidentschallenge.org/login/index.shtml This is a great site to motivate you to become physically fit. It is easy to use and keeps track of all your activities. In just five months, I’ve accumulated over 131,000 point on my way to a million. Many of these points were gained when I was chainsawing five or so hours a day in Georgia. But in my case I was being over motivated.

The doctor thinks I have a slightly torn meniscus in my right knee. I was feeling great and had four consecutive days of hard workouts which probably caused the problem. First day included an hour of spin class, the second two hours of hiking a 0.6 mile loop with 380 yards of it being very steep and 100 yards not so steep, the third an hour of elliptical machine cardio exercise and the fourth day another hour of spin class. Each of these days also had vigorous weight training and other activities. After the two hour hike, I felt a slight pain in my right knee that was concentrated in one spot. I thought it was just muscle soreness. It didn’t really start hurting a lot until I mowed the yard for an hour on the fifth day. I got an x-ray that didn’t show much. The doctor said to take it easy for a couple of weeks and if it is still bothering me, I’ll get an MRI. I’m going to really miss my workouts. I hope my recovery is swift.

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Shawn Ivey (Creator) • July 13, 2011 at 8:01am

Stress fracture

When the pain didn't go away, I finally gave in and got checked. After an MRI and some X-Rays I found out I had a stress fracture. So no more running for a few weeks and taking lots of calcium supplements.

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Tink09 • June 20, 2011 at 10:22pm

So, I work at a running store

I have also experienced this myself, and what's happening is that your patella or knee cap is not tracking the way it should be. It's swollen from either overuse, bad shoes or a combination of both. I have a few questions for you, for your half marathon training how have you been increasing your miles? Are you following a training plan? I would recommend taking this week off, then starting up slow next week, and icing it as well. You can get a strap that goes under your knee called a jumpers knee. Also I would suggest to go to your local running store and get tested to find out what kind of running shoes are best for you. Something like Salt Lake Running Company, where they do a free biomechanical analysis of your gate to determine what kind of support you need to best get rid of this problem. Also, don't run hills for a few weeks. I can tell you of some exercises (like physical therapy you could do too to strengthen your knee and patella).

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Barbara • June 17, 2011 at 12:49pm

Do you have access to a track with a rubber surface you could train on?

It's boring, but easier on the knees.

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