Advice on Pushing Through Knee Pain for 6 More Weeks to IMCDA
Haven't been to a doc yet but I'm pretty solid on diagnosing things - I have Medial & Anterior Patella Tendonitis AKA Runner's Knee on the right knee. It showed up a week or so after Calif 70.3 due to the fact that I tried to return to training too soon. Been hanging around like a social disease for a while. Now that the mileage is ramping up it's getting worse. Stairs suck, kneeling to do anything is out of the question and big gears, hills, etc. make it mad. It DOES NOT hurt when I 'm going hard, it hurts when I'm going easy and AFTER. At this point I am in pain management mode.
I am doing the following:
RICE, NSAIDs, addressing my fit (saddle height), Trigger Point massage aggressively on quads, VMO, ITB, etc, K-Tape, and I'm scheduled to see a sports doc sometime in the distant future.
I would like advice on those who have pushed through the pain and how you did it. I am pretty dead set on not taking time off because I know from having this before and from others who have had it that it could take weeks off (vs. days) to resolve itself.
So, what do you think?
Comments
I recommend you attack the peroneals and gastoc/ soleus. They directly affect the knee. Worth a try.
Have you tried rest?
Carrie(PT)
If it stays the same I can manage...even on Race Day. I've been aggressive on all soft tissue areas with TP massage including the Soleus, Gastroc & Peroneal areas. Rest is hard to quantify...esp. with this type of pain. A few days, a week, a month or so...not sure any rest would buy me much. I did back off and eliminate all Z4 work (which gets it mad) for about 10 days...no noticeable improvement. I'm not surprised.