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tendonitis in knee

kurshingkurshing
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I used to have tendonitis in my knee, when I used to play soccer, and am getting a little of the same soreness again now.  from time to time, over the past 24 months, have had a day or two where my knee got sore, but, it has always gone away.  i am having a little tenderness/soreness now, even during the off days and down time.  i wrapped up Austin 70.3 in October, took 2 weeks almost completely off, then jumped into the OS Nov 1 and started experiencing soreness on Monday this week.

With all of that said...what should be doing to treat it?  is there any reason would need to stand down from training?  it been performance inhibitting so far, in fact, I really notice it during exercise. 

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

 

 

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  • Leigh BoyleLeigh Boyle

    The thing with tendonitis is that when it makes the shift from acute (first 1-7 days old) to chronic (weeks + months) it becomes much more difficult to deal with and can stick around even with complete rest etc. This is because the tendon actually changes (it dries out and loses that elasticity that makes it work properly). when this happens, the easiest route is to just get the area dug out by a pro who will get not only the affected muscles but the ones that have taken a hit by compensating. 

    Just to clarify though- "knee tendonitis" is pretty vague. we talking front of the knee near the knee cap or back of the knee by the hamstring tendons or on the side by the IT band???

    Things you should be doing in the mean time while you set up that appointment to get it dug out by your sports massage or ART/graston dude.

    1) stretching like it's your job. don't let the decreased activity level let things stiffen up more than they already have. Go to athletestreatingathletes.com for help and pictures on some examples. the key is frequency, frequency, frequency, especially if you sit at work all day.

    2) ice your knee 2-3x/day to help decrease inflammation.

     

  • DocHoffartDocHoffart
    @Leigh...I love you line 'stretch like it's your job'. I use it in my office all the time. Reminds me of a line I also took from a movie that I can't remember but tell my kids before their games 'run like you stole something'!
  • kurshingkurshing
    Yeah, my issue is in the front of my knee, kind of at the bottom of the knee cap. I have been stretching and taking Aleve along with icing my knee about twice a day. It has started to go away...hopefully won't notice it in another day or two.

    Thanks for the thoughts!
  • Catherine BranchCatherine Branch
    Posted By Stephen Anderson on 15 Nov 2010 08:41 PM

    Yeah, my issue is in the front of my knee, kind of at the bottom of the knee cap. I have been stretching and taking Aleve along with icing my knee about twice a day. It has started to go away...hopefully won't notice it in another day or two.



    Thanks for the thoughts!



    Don't know if this will help at all, but I battled patellar tendonitis for a little over a year.  Basically, lots of stretching, icing, heat (my PT was a little surprised that this felt so good to me ... but it did).  When it first flared up, I ran  through the pain.  I didn't go see the doctor until walking became a pain!

    One thing that my PT had me doing was a fair bit of body-weight squats and some lunges.  Apparently, my kneecaps don't track quite right, and that was somehow straining my patellar tendons.  So we worked on that.

    Good luck!  And be careful -- I think this is something that (for me at least) could have been cleared up with a week's worth of rest and major TLC.  Instead, I ignored it and was sidelined for a year.  But I'm sure you're smarter than I am!

  • jburbattjburbatt
    I had an ACL reconstruction done in 2003 using my patellar tendon and suffer from tendonitis pretty regularly, especially when the volume first ramps up. Just before the OS I saw a sports doc and PT to set up a program for active strengthening to try and prevent it this year. So far it's worked really well. Like Catherine, it's a lot of lunges, squats, and movements from various angles. I'm happy to share if you'd like. Maybe I could even stick it in a wiki.
  • Nate ParadyNate Parady

    For more general sore knees i've found that ice, stretching, and very light leg extenstions at the gym really helps. Depending how my knees feels I will replace run workouts with bike workouts for a week.

  • kurshingkurshing
    I iced it and even extended my rest a little and then went to see my PT buddy. He told me to try stretching my hip flexor before my next workout, along with doing a little dynamic stretching on my quads and hammies and I couldn't even tell I had ever had pain when I hopped on the bike. Turns out it is associated with hip flexor tightness that krept in during my 2 weeks of down time between my last race and starting OS.

    Thanks for your help everyone!
  • patachinpatachin

    same problem here.  just flared up for the first time ever about 10 days after my marathon (joined EN too late for RnP to talk me out of the race).  been a problem for several weeks now, after a few short test runs, and crazed dash through IAH sunday.  will report back after i see the PT.  ice and advil and stretching in the mea time.

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