Hi all,
In December of 2015 I did a long run that was a bit too long, where I sustained a knee injury. I have a strong running background, but after a couple week of inactivity I probably dove too deep my first week back.
Anyway fast forward to know, I am still experiencing knee pain (joint specific). Since December I have met with PTs, chiropractors, and sports specific MD, and have gotten MRI and X-rays, which came up blank. I have been tedious with foam rolling, and PT strengthening in my hips, quads, and hamstrings. I've also done massage therapy.
After all this my knee has still not gotten better. I was in no rush so I took time off from running when it initially happened. Maybe about 3 weeks. I was still riding and swimming like normal.
In another attempt to figure out what's going on I stopped doing all disciplines thinking maybe it had to do something with my cycling or the way I was coming off the wall on flips in the pool. I've been doing this for a week and it actually seems to have gotten worse. Before I would only feel pain in my knee when I would attempt to run. Now I feel slight pain even when I'm just walking around.
Could inactivity be the issue? Since everything came up blank on the X-rays/MRI and I know it's not structural, is this injury just being sustained because I need to run on the pain for a while to (essentially) restrengthen my knee or other potential muscle deficiencies?
In December of 2015 I did a long run that was a bit too long, where I sustained a knee injury. I have a strong running background, but after a couple week of inactivity I probably dove too deep my first week back.
Anyway fast forward to know, I am still experiencing knee pain (joint specific). Since December I have met with PTs, chiropractors, and sports specific MD, and have gotten MRI and X-rays, which came up blank. I have been tedious with foam rolling, and PT strengthening in my hips, quads, and hamstrings. I've also done massage therapy.
After all this my knee has still not gotten better. I was in no rush so I took time off from running when it initially happened. Maybe about 3 weeks. I was still riding and swimming like normal.
In another attempt to figure out what's going on I stopped doing all disciplines thinking maybe it had to do something with my cycling or the way I was coming off the wall on flips in the pool. I've been doing this for a week and it actually seems to have gotten worse. Before I would only feel pain in my knee when I would attempt to run. Now I feel slight pain even when I'm just walking around.
Could inactivity be the issue? Since everything came up blank on the X-rays/MRI and I know it's not structural, is this injury just being sustained because I need to run on the pain for a while to (essentially) restrengthen my knee or other potential muscle deficiencies?