Runner’s knee

[Mozzington]

Does anyone suffer? I saw a physio today about another issue and she said it was fine to keep running as long as it doesn’t hurt all the time. She also advised to vary the running terrain. I was happy because I’ve started to love running and didn’t want to be forced to stop so soon!

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Great the physio had some good news. I had some knee ache and I bought knee supports and wore them for a week or two then pain went away and never had to use them again. Good luck 😊

[Jonno1230 Graduate]

I think I might have this. Lower, inside just below kneecap. Like you, I'm still doing the program as the pain eases when I'm not running. Just got back from w3r3 and hasn't got any worse. Plodding on!

[_wayneLad Graduate]

Hi I suffered from knee pain on the inside of one knee after week 5 r3 . After 2 wks off I got straight back on with week 6 with no issues. Then the other knee did the same at week 8 ! Another 2 weeks off and carried on and completed C25K. Had no issues since thank God. Good luck with the running 😊

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Great stuff..try the knee exercises..they are linked in the FAQ...glad it was all good news from your physio too!

[TortoiseRegretsHare Graduate]

There are some exercises for runner's knees (or runners' knees?) on the NHS site, nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/k.... I found the sitting down thigh contractions particularly useful.

[Mozzington]

Ah thankyou! She gave me about a million exercises for my existing stomach injury so I’ll add those to the list 😬

[LUHAN Graduate]

I have physio appointment on Tuesday for the exact same thing. X hope you get sorted soon.x

[Tasha99 Graduate]

Yes during week 2 and 3. I took ibuprofen a lot, especially an hour before running. It went in a week or so.

[Mozzington in reply to Tasha99]

Yes ibuprofen works really well on it. Hoping it goes soon!

[JaoJao]

What is runners knee exactly?

[Mozzington in reply to JaoJao]

She said it’s to do with the fat pad behind your knee cap (it’s supposed to be fat, she wasn’t hinting 😜). It’s more of a muscles need building up thing rather than a muscles are being damaged thing

[Debston Graduate]

Great that you have got the go ahead from your physio. ☺