Bad knee

[LittleLauren]

Hi everyone,

Hope you've all had a lovely Christmas 🎄

I started jogging again BUT something happened to my knee 😭 It locks if I crouch or kneel and when I'm walking it feels weak and can give way...very painful! So no jogging for me for the time being 🙈 I'm absolutely gutted. Hopefully whatever this is, heals fast xx

[Boofle999 Graduate]

I can sympathise, I've been off running for two weeks now due to dodgy knee and it's driving me nuts not being able to get out there! Did a little shuffle the other day, only a mile, but knee was not happy so not sure what to do now - having been icing it and resting it so looks like I might be down to the doc in the New Year!

[LittleLauren in reply to Boofle999]

Oh dear 😪 I hope you manage to get yourself sorted. Injuries are the worst when they prevent you from exercising 🙈

[skysue16 Graduate]

Oh dear, what a pity. I can sympathise having been under physio this year due to tendonitis. Similar to you my ankle would just give way and was weak especially after sitting down for a while. My advice would be to see a doctor asap so you can get correct treatment.

[LittleLauren in reply to skysue16]

Oh bless you ☹ Has the physio helped? I'm being reffered for an MRI as the doctor thinks it may be cartlidge issues, but I think its more tendon related as I get sharp pains down my shin too 🙄

[skysue16 Graduate in reply to LittleLauren]

I hope you get it sorted. My ankle seems ok after the 6k but I can still 'feel' it (if you know what I mean!). All the best to you 😊

[Macmac]

Hi Lauren - I had similar knee issues (locking and giving way) after twisting it and also falling over on ice! Doh! Issues persisted so I went to see a physio who gave me knee strengthening exercises to do - mainly quad strengthening. The locking stopped but I suffered from the giving way for over a year and had mri scans etc. There was not much obviously wrong and around this time I started running c25k. That was nov 2017 and since completing the programme I had no more issues. I’ve now ran over 1500km since then. So the good news is that I feel running has strengthened my knees and legs so that kneecap etc tracks correctly and stops locking etc. I hope you recover well, but suggest you get some advice from a health professional to check your knee over.