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Literally. My knee was sore yesterday after Saturday's parkrun but nothing major and I had a very lazy day. Towards evening the pain got worse though, very sore and the pain is in a new place. Getting up and down the stairs is no fun and I didnโ€™t feel up to walking the kids to school today๐Ÿ˜ฌ couldn't get through to docs so will take it easy again today and try again tomorrow if not improved. Boo, I was looking forward to trying to increase the length of my runs.

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SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRunGraduate

Letโ€™s hope itโ€™s a short stay in the couch

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sarahbee_ukGraduate in reply to SueAppleRun

Thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š fingers crossed ๐Ÿคž

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HobbitRobGraduate

Hope you feel better soon!

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sarahbee_ukGraduate in reply to HobbitRob

Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

Oh no! Youโ€™re doing the right thing by resting and taking it easy. Hope you get to see the gp soon if thereโ€™s no improvement

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Thanks, luckily I am not working today but it means I can't get as many jobs done. I'll potter around and do stuff around the house.

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MumparkGraduate

Ice ice and more ice

It really helps I am a niggly knee expert

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sarahbee_ukGraduate in reply to Mumpark

Thanks, I don't tend to get the ice out soon enough. I am today though. Even dug out an old tubigrip but that seemed to make it worse.

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MumparkGraduate in reply to sarahbee_uk

I have an ice bag that I got from amazon it works really well for knees

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sarahbee_ukGraduate in reply to Mumpark

I am using some spare mini ice packs from the kids packed lunches ๐Ÿ˜‚ shhh! I used to have a proper gel pack but no idea where it is, I will look out for something online ๐Ÿ‘

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Oh dear! Sorry to hear that, best wishes for a quick recovery.

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sarahbee_ukGraduate in reply to MrWomble

Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Speedy60Graduate

Hope you're back on your feet soon. Once you get, try the exercises on the strength and flex forum, or the knee exercises on the NHS website. ๐Ÿ‘

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sarahbee_ukGraduate in reply to Speedy60

Thanks, I am already doing the knee exercises ๐Ÿ‘ and a few extra ones from the physio. Not sure what has gone wrong now. Knees ๐Ÿ™„

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Sorry to read this. You mentioned your IT band in a previous post - are you stretching and using a foam roller? I have IT band issues and although I don't roll my actual IT band, I do find that rolling my quads helps. Just a thought. Hope your back up and running soon.๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ™‚

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sarahbee_ukGraduate in reply to Sandraj39

Thanks. Yes, been doing all my knee strength exercises and foam roller torture (quads and ITB) ๐Ÿ˜‚ and stretches afterwards. I have a few issues going on with my knees, I am amazed I got this far to be fair. Really hope I can keep going ๐Ÿคž

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