A diagnosis finally

[Pete1w]

Apologies for the long post but here goes. The pain in my knee got so bad I checked into my local minor injuries unit and had an x-ray taken. No broken bones but I got a referral to a local sports physio. Been there today and after much pulling, pushing, stretching and pummeling I got the final verdict of patello-femoral knee syndrome. The guy who saw me first kinda knew what he was doing but got a second opinion from the senior physio who told me I had very tight IT bands. He put me in a very strange position gave me a warning and pushed into my thigh. When I stopped screaming and came back down from the ceiling it kinda felt better...... The long and short of it is I have no tendon or ligament damage and just have to keep up the excercises they gave me. Hopefully I'll be back running (slowly) in a month or so. I'm just glad I finally know what it is and now I can look forward.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Ouch! But once you know exactly what you're dealing with, you feel you can do something about it don't you. Hopefully you have lots of exercises now to improve the problem?

[Pete1w in reply to linda9389]

I have LOTS of excercises to do. I'm gonna have Knees and a bum of steel.🤣🤣🤣

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Pete1w]

awesome!

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Ah, that sounds painful but positive! All the best for your recovery xxx

[Whatsapp Half Marathon]

Sounds like in this case the mantra 'No pain no gain' may be right.

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

I'd love to know which exercises they recommended. I usually have a tighter it band on my right leg from driving and do extra rolling with a massage stick to combat it between massages.

At least you know what you're dealing with now and have positive things you can do yourself to improve the situation 👍 physio pain is all part of it... I think they do it on purpose! 🤣

[Decker Ultramarathon]

At least you know the why behind this issue now Pete. Hope you have a good recovery as painless as possible under the circumstances

[Pete1w]

The excercises are tough but I suppose that's the whole point. Laying on my back one knee bent the other straight, lift my bum to the ceiling. Other back arches, then step downs. I sure hope this works..... I've got another appointment in a couple of weeks so I get to see my pain master physio again.