I usually don’t post on some of these threads. But, a year ago I started having a weird knee pain as well and wasn’t sure what caused it. Do you know what caused yours?
I dealt with it for probably 5 months, and finally saw a Chiro who said it was pes anserine bursitis. He suggested hamstring streches as well as eccentric hamstring exercises. So I did those two things. For the eccentric hamstring exercises, I would do the ham curl in a gym, but curl with two legs and lower with a single leg.
I also found out what was causing it, and eliminated that. That actually probably helped more than anything. We had been doing some pulling drills with a pull buoy between our ankles with an ankle band as well. I was probably holding my leg/lower leg in a weird position for that drill. When I stopped or reduced that drill, mainly before races, I would notice the pain would subside and then come back once that workout was back in the rotation. So, if you can find the cause of the bursitis, you’ll probably be ahead of the game. Different surfaces, training shoes, cycling shoes, etc…
Thank you for the reply. The funny thing is that I can’t recall changing much in way of training, equipment, etc.
I did my “A” race last summer, I started to feel the pain in my knee leading up to it but chalked it up to just overuse. When I started ramping up (I am the text-book definition of a slow-builder, so there was no sudden jump in mileage) my training again in the fall and into winter, the pain would re-appear after just a few steady days of running or biking and finally saw my ortho a few weeks ago
I have ran/raced in Asic Kayonos since almost the 1st year of introduction, have not changed bike equipment, or swim work-outs, etc
But as you alluded to though, the cause is there somewhere and probably in something that is slight deviation from what I have been doing.
Thank you for the tips
