Painful Knee

[ShufflingShepherdess]

Should I still continue with a painful knee?

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome to the forum.

Some minor pains are inevitable, knees in particular.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

and includes advice on minimising impact, stretching after every run, hydration and strengthening exercises and dealing with injury, all of which will help.

Enjoy your journey.

[ShufflingShepherdess Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks everso, that's very interesting and helpful 👍

[John_W Graduate Ambassador]

That depends.

How long has it been painful for?

Where is the pain?

When does the pain occur?

How painful is painful? On a score of 1 to 10 where 10 is unimaginable and 1 is not very painful at all.

[ShufflingShepherdess Graduate in reply to John_W]

Hi John. It's usually the next day after a run. Pain is a 3, knee is swollen and doesn't bend easily. I completed Week 3 and it's taken 3 days for my knee pain to go. I can't completely rest it as too much to do around the farm, but having read the above link, sounds like it's normal! Just didn't want to bugger my knees up!

[John_W Graduate Ambassador in reply to ShufflingShepherdess]

3 days is quite long tbh. Just keep going and see how it goes.