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Troy McClure · 22-03-2008, 12:21 PM

Typical advice from doctor: "take it easy", ...don't go over doing it", "....make yourself a nice cup of tea and have a sit down"..... wtf ? Not "right we've got a guy here who is taking an interest his health. Let's do what we can to get to the bottom of the problem and get him back on his way to good health."

You may well have gone over board in that first week, given you've been off (you said off with illness??) for a year or so. I think your best bet is to get in touch with a good Sports Physio who would be better qualified to diagnose what is causing the problem (maybe tight ligaments / tendons due to under use, muscle imbalance or problem with cartilage, etc, etc).

I think a good way of finding a good one is to get in touch with your local Rugby Club. See if they can recommend anyone, otherwise your left with the hit and miss of the Yellow Pages (ie suck it and see). Ive got a good Sports Physio that I see every 1-2 weeks for general maintenance work so if Ive got an injury in "the post" I can get her to concentrate on the area in question (in your case your knee joints supporting muscles). I get problems with my left knee purely from over use (ie heavy squatting and lots of indoor rowing) but I find the Physio work including stretching and 'deep' tissue massage really does help keep things ticking over.

If you can't get to a Sports Injury Specialist you might try some self Rehab? If there's inflammation you could maybe try some ice packs on the area to reduce swelling and once the pain has subsided (after a week or two) try some brisk walking on a treadmill to warm up followed by lots stretching to help loosen up the muscles and free the fibres (assuming that theres muscular trauma ??). I personally think stretching should be the most important element especially as you say you just started up again after a year off.

TBH though if your going to self treat I would do some proper reading up on this as I myself am not a qualified sports physio therapist. Im sure Amazon will have something?

Good Luck.

22-03-2008, 12:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Troy McClure semi skilled Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Springfield Posts: 98	Re: Knee pain caused by running Typical advice from doctor: "take it easy", ...don't go over doing it", "....make yourself a nice cup of tea and have a sit down"..... wtf ? Not "right we've got a guy here who is taking an interest his health. Let's do what we can to get to the bottom of the problem and get him back on his way to good health." You may well have gone over board in that first week, given you've been off (you said off with illness??) for a year or so. I think your best bet is to get in touch with a good Sports Physio who would be better qualified to diagnose what is causing the problem (maybe tight ligaments / tendons due to under use, muscle imbalance or problem with cartilage, etc, etc). I think a good way of finding a good one is to get in touch with your local Rugby Club. See if they can recommend anyone, otherwise your left with the hit and miss of the Yellow Pages (ie suck it and see). Ive got a good Sports Physio that I see every 1-2 weeks for general maintenance work so if Ive got an injury in "the post" I can get her to concentrate on the area in question (in your case your knee joints supporting muscles). I get problems with my left knee purely from over use (ie heavy squatting and lots of indoor rowing) but I find the Physio work including stretching and 'deep' tissue massage really does help keep things ticking over. If you can't get to a Sports Injury Specialist you might try some self Rehab? If there's inflammation you could maybe try some ice packs on the area to reduce swelling and once the pain has subsided (after a week or two) try some brisk walking on a treadmill to warm up followed by lots stretching to help loosen up the muscles and free the fibres (assuming that theres muscular trauma ??). I personally think stretching should be the most important element especially as you say you just started up again after a year off. TBH though if your going to self treat I would do some proper reading up on this as I myself am not a qualified sports physio therapist. Im sure Amazon will have something? Good Luck.