Tightness in back of leg behind knee

[Adelina83]

I just finished w6r2. It was better than I thought it would be!

Since about halfway through week 4, I've been experiencing some tightness in the back of my leg behind my knee right after I ran, but since week 5 I've been getting it during my runs...I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.. I'm going slow, I'm stretching, I'm hydrating, I'm eating etc I think I'm doing everything right (within my ability) yet this keeps happening. It goes away after some rest. It feels like the beginning of a cramp but doesn't quite go into one if that makes sense.

However, today as I was in the second 10-minute stint of the run it started again so instead of slowing down more I went a little harder and faster (nothing amazing now) for about 10 seconds, and that eliminated it completely!! Does anyone know why that is or has anyone else experienced this?

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

I haven't got any answers for you but maybe because you ran faster you stretched it out?

[Adelina83 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Perhaps! I did think that too.

[CBDB Graduate]

we’ll done for week 6 run 2. The end line is in sight!

When I was at that stage, I added foam rolling to my regular routines, maybe 2 to 3 times a week, on evening after I did my morning runs. And boy did those feel good.

Here’s my favourite one over at our Strength and Flex forum: healthunlocked.com/strength...

[Adelina83 in reply to CBDB]

thank you! I'll check that out

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

There could be so many reasons for this... but if it does not go away... and each run, the tightness is there, it may be worth getting it checked out by an expert. a GP or preferably a sports physio'.

The trouble with still running on it, even though the tightness disappears, may mean there is some problem which may be being made worse. There are ways to help knee issues, but you probably do need to know what is going on?

Do, please, keep us posted