Ran two miles slow @ 25:34, to see if that helps my knee out.. I am running a half-marathon this Sunday in Boise Idaho, so i am also looking for advice to help me out with my bum knee.
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From Scott Browning on Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 22:04:03
Hi Barry,
Welcome to the blog, could you be more specific as to where the knee hurts and where the swelling is taking place. Is it under the knee cap, to the side. Is there muscular pain or is square in the joint?
IT Band possibly? Have you received a diagnosis yet? What does your Dr. say it is? Sounds like some kind of tendonitis to me, but I'm really not that qualified about stuff like this.
The doctor did give me a diagnosis, but the words are so long i do not remember, sorry. I will ask him again when i see him. The problem is he does not know what to do to fix the problem. I will ask about a IT Band, Thanks.
I concur with Lybi that it sounds like, based on what you have said, that IT band may be at least part of the problem. Knees are a bit tricky to diagnose (especially for us non-Doctor types). You might want to really stretch the IT band, use a knee band (tight band around the leg just above the kneee). If your Doc did not give you satisfaction, I suggest you go to a specialist.
Good luck at City of Trees this weekend, but be careful and watch the knee. I ran the full a couple of years ago...good smaller race now in much better weather!
Great site and wonderful people I'm glad you finally joined. If your running Boise I wouldn't try to PR with a sore knee. If your knee feels up to it use it as a training run and wait for the next half-marathon to PR.
The IT band (iliotibial band) is the tissue that runs from your hip down the outside of your leg to you knee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliotibial_band_syndrome
Sounds like IT band to me. I've had that problem. It's not really a knee problem. That's just where the pain is. It's more of a hip problem really. What happens is that the hip has insufficient stability and so the IT band gets over stressed. Friction occurs between the band and the bones of the knee and the band gets inflamed which leads to more friction. The pain starts a few minutes after you start running and stops as soon as you stop.
Someone mentioned foam rolling and that might help. I had the best luck with practitioner who does Active Release technique. What they do is massage your leg while moving the leg through a full range of motion. It hurts because they are breaking up the scar tissue. It relieves some of the tightness immediately. It may take a while for the inflamation to go down unfortunately. It's not uncommon for an IT problem to put you out of action for 6 weeks.
To strengthen your hip consider some "hip hitches" and other exercises that target the gluteus medius.
Good luck. IT problems are a bummer.
I do want to be encouraging though. I was about your age when I started running. In the beginning I couldn't go a whole mile. Within two years I was running a half marathon in 1:40. Getting under 2 hours is easy if you stick to your training.
Wow, that helps a lot, thank you very much. I will talk to my doctor about it right away.
Barry
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