Knee pain

[Lucyintheskywith]

Physiotherapist diagnosed runners knee approx' month ago. Exercises, doing all ok. Ten days ago i did 20min technique session on a Monday, then on the Wednesday did 17km over 45min on virtual bike ride. Pains n aches heightened. Sunday did 12km slow n steady. Saw my physio yesterday and she's KT taped my knee up and increased my exercises. Did 20min on exercise bike low intensity last night. Late night n today I've got more aches/pains even just sitting still. I've emailed to ask for her opinion.

Anyone else could shed light...?

Can the strapping knee in the kt tape possibly be making things worse?

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

KT tape can be a wonderful thing for knee issues. I would've thought the physio ought to know what she was doing with it and not tape in a way that would make it worse. Was cycling included in the exercises she gave you? Hopefully she will respond promptly but if not I would chase her by phone. Good luck. Knees can be a real pain!

[Lucyintheskywith in reply to linda9389]

The exercises didn't include cycling; but its been agreed low intensity ok. I've done 5km walk today...fingers crossed its easing tonight. It's a sports specialist physio so like you said will know what to do. X pain right enough are knees😄.

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Just recovering from runners' knee. KT helped, except for one occasion when I retaped it myself and extended the tensioned part of the tape too far over the muscle. Physio has retrained me! Part of my problem is that my knee cap tends to migrate towards the outside of my leg, so the tape may appear in the future.

I did my first KT free run for months yesterday, and I am now up to 8k and building each week.

It took some weeks for the exercises to work (including lots of hip stuff to my surprise) and I kept my runs down to 3 or 4ks. I still apply heat treatment (ok a hot water bottle!) and light knee cap massage before every run. Most of my pain came from a plica and over tight muscles all round, so lots of massage ball work on the hamstrIngs and roller elsewhere. The knee cap itself felt "wrong" but wasn't particularly painful. My physio kept asking whether I got knee pain in the night or just sitting around; the answer was no for the most part. Hope this clears up pdq.🙂

[Lucyintheskywith in reply to Beachcomber66]

Cheers, that's most helpful. I know what you mean about kneecap feeling "wrong "; that's me for the first 2km usually( almost like a slip/rocking motion). The thing that's thrown me is i was pain free at rest; since kt tape applied I'm feeling niggle pain at rest... going up/down stairs too.

I'm not confident at applying kt tape myself..physio hasn't suggested home applications.

How many weeks of exercises would you say to helped you?

I'm just thinking at present maybe instead of pushing from 10km to HM; i should do 3-5km runs ?

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Lucyintheskywith]

2 months! My main source of pain was the plica; pain on the inside of the knee and down into the tibia. When it magically cleared everything else felt wonderful. Runner's knee on its own will hopefully be a quicker fix for you.

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to Lucyintheskywith]

Hokas are great for knee pain as they have a low drop. This fixed me overnight. Just an idea.

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[Lucyintheskywith in reply to Tasha99]

I'm happy to receive all suggestions.. being a newbie to this 🙂