Hello,
I was wondering if anyone had any similar experiences or suggestions regarding the condition I wind up in only after running, cycling is fine. Here are the bullet points:
Knee pain only when running, crazy tightness in calves and IT bad immediately when starting to run, tightness takes a couple of weeks to work out. Might be causing knee pain. What causes the abnormally quick and long lasting leg tightness/knots?
This is the long version:
1. It started a year ago when I was running with zero pain or tightness issues and then started playing in a rec volleyball league for 2-3 hours one day per week with little to moderate jumping, but I jump off one leg (the one that has the issue).
2. I developed a knee pain that was painful to walk after running and lasted for several weeks after which I could walk or ride a bike again without pain. During this time, entire leg seemed to be in rigor or knotted up. Foam rolling, ART, and massage would slowly get me back to normal walking after about 2 weeks. Never had any swelling. When I run my muscles are overly tight. If I stop at a red light for a few seconds, my calves instantly tighten up to almost cramp level. When I take off again, I have to start slowly and they will stretch out enough to run again
3. Went to 2 orthopedists and a p.t. . No MRI, but mechanical testing in office suggested there was no damage, only soft tissue imbalance. X-rays show nice wide parallel gaps between bones.
4. I gave been off running for almost a year. During the year, if I tried to run, I felt knee pain come on right away so I stopped.
5. During the year, I continue to mountain and road cycle with no problems. Can go several hours and I am fine.
6. When I start to run, my leg muscles almost instantly start to tighten – right calve, right IT band, right quad. As I run, knee pain comes and goes.
7. Last night I decided I was going to try and run 2 miles and either make it through or cock up my knee good enough to get an MRI. I ran a rolling hill route and the knee pain came and went, but was gone by the time I finished. Upon finishing, my calve was knotted up, IT band tight and quad very tight.
8. I stretched and rolled immediately after but could tell that the knots where going to stay awhile. This morning – no knee pain, calve has a knot that will not go away (have rolled/massages it about every 2 hours and IT band is way too tight.
I am trying to determine if my problem is mechanical, biomechanical, metabolic, anatomical…..
Any thoughts are appreciated
I was wondering if anyone had any similar experiences or suggestions regarding the condition I wind up in only after running, cycling is fine. Here are the bullet points:
Knee pain only when running, crazy tightness in calves and IT bad immediately when starting to run, tightness takes a couple of weeks to work out. Might be causing knee pain. What causes the abnormally quick and long lasting leg tightness/knots?
This is the long version:
1. It started a year ago when I was running with zero pain or tightness issues and then started playing in a rec volleyball league for 2-3 hours one day per week with little to moderate jumping, but I jump off one leg (the one that has the issue).
2. I developed a knee pain that was painful to walk after running and lasted for several weeks after which I could walk or ride a bike again without pain. During this time, entire leg seemed to be in rigor or knotted up. Foam rolling, ART, and massage would slowly get me back to normal walking after about 2 weeks. Never had any swelling. When I run my muscles are overly tight. If I stop at a red light for a few seconds, my calves instantly tighten up to almost cramp level. When I take off again, I have to start slowly and they will stretch out enough to run again
3. Went to 2 orthopedists and a p.t. . No MRI, but mechanical testing in office suggested there was no damage, only soft tissue imbalance. X-rays show nice wide parallel gaps between bones.
4. I gave been off running for almost a year. During the year, if I tried to run, I felt knee pain come on right away so I stopped.
5. During the year, I continue to mountain and road cycle with no problems. Can go several hours and I am fine.
6. When I start to run, my leg muscles almost instantly start to tighten – right calve, right IT band, right quad. As I run, knee pain comes and goes.
7. Last night I decided I was going to try and run 2 miles and either make it through or cock up my knee good enough to get an MRI. I ran a rolling hill route and the knee pain came and went, but was gone by the time I finished. Upon finishing, my calve was knotted up, IT band tight and quad very tight.
8. I stretched and rolled immediately after but could tell that the knots where going to stay awhile. This morning – no knee pain, calve has a knot that will not go away (have rolled/massages it about every 2 hours and IT band is way too tight.
I am trying to determine if my problem is mechanical, biomechanical, metabolic, anatomical…..
Any thoughts are appreciated