anyone get knee tendinitis?

[Thick dog]

I've developed really bad tendinitis in my knees from squatting, running, and jumping, and probably overtraining the past few months. I warmup for a good 5-10 minutes and strecth for another 5 before every workout, but it still hurts. I also ice about 3 times a day and take anti-inflammatories. I may have to stop squatting for a week or 2 or at least go really light, but I don't want to give up this exercise permanantly. Has anyone else had this condition and how did you remedy it?

 

[WODIN]

Yepper....take some time off and you should be fine.

 

[Thick dog]

I don't know if I can handle not squatting for more than a couple of weeks. I wonder if cortisone shot swork...

 

[WODIN]

I cort shot will work for about 3 weeks and if you have any minor damage and strain it will only compound the problem once it wears off and you back to squatting school buses.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

I would opt out of the cortisone shot -- you should stop running is what you should do ...

 

[Thick dog]

I run sprints a couple of times per week, and they actually don't really feel bad. It's the squats that kill it. I have to do 3 sets of 135 before my knees don't hurt enough to go up in weight...

 

[THeMaCHinE]

deca and rehab

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Also, a natural stack that I researched and have used (as well as several others) with success:

1500 mg/day glucosamine sulfate (not HCL or N-Acetyl); 1 x/day
2000 mg/day chondroitin sulfate; 1 x/day
1000 mg/day niacinamide; over 4 doses per day
10 grams hydrolyzed collagen; 1x day

All of the stuff can be bought at BAC cheaply

 

[THeMaCHinE]

I'd also avoid anti-inflammatory medications

 

[hardrock]

My boss has it. He wears a band around his leg just below his knee. Funny as shit. Looks like a fuckin garter belt when he's wearin shorts. He says it really helps though.

 

[OKIE]

I have it bad in my left knee from basketball. DO NOT take a cortisone shot. It will only mask the pain and probably make it worse. I would like to tell you that time off will help, but I too 6 months off from basketball and the first time back was just as bad as before. They do have knee bands that help somewhat, but not entirely. If I'm guessing, the tendons just below your kneecap get very tender and inflamed. It is probably chondromalatia and there isn't much they can do for it. I have been taking a glucosamine chondroitin stack and it has improved a little.

 

[Thick dog]

My pain is actually on top of the knee cap, quadriceps tendinitis, I'm going to see what the doctor says on Wednesday, I'm also going to start doing a l lot of light leg extensions to hopefully strengthen the area. My hamstrings are a lot stronger than my quads, so that is probably the cause...

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Leg extensions are very rough on the knees.

 

[Thick dog]

Yeah, I can't go heavy on them, but maybe I was thinking of using a really light weight that I can do sets of maybe 30 reps easily with, I need to strengthen the area somehow. I'll see what the sports medicicne doctor syas Wed...

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Can you do bodyweight squats against a swiss ball and the wall?

I actually find squats and deads to effect my knee less than leg extensions ...

 

[beefybull]

Leg extensions are very rough on the knees.

Only if you do them wrong, like 90% of the population.

It should be one of the slowest exercises you do in the gym, and your toes should NEVER (even at the very start) go behind your knees. Follow those 2 rules and you will have a giant teardrop without knee problems.

Pain just below the knee is usually Patellar tendonitis (commonly known as Jumper's Knee). The bands help to an extent. It's usually caused by 1 of 2 things: repetitive jumping or a strength imbalance in the thighs (quads being much stronger than hamstrings).

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Even done with perfect form, the shear force on the knee in this single-joint (i.e. the knee joint) movement is quite severe.

Going more slowly may help in the respect that you eliminate bouncing and use less weight; not going behind the knees is basic form, regardless of tempo.