ELITETRACK Forum

Knee Pain - Anyone know what the problem is?

2008-11-30T23:08:45-05:00

I’ve had some knee pain that has stop me from doing any activity what so ever for some time now but can’t pinpoint the problem of where its coming from so before i get it checked out i was curious as to if any1 on here had any ideas or knew.

Alright the pain is at the side of the knee - I’m not sure what its called but its like the IT band but on the side of your calf that comes up and attaches to your knee, the pain comes at the boney little bump where that muscle/tendon attaches. the pain is aggravated by exercise, when i first got the pain it was 15-20mins into my run which happened a few times, then when i took a complete break to rest it now it starts to get very painful after about 400-600m. I’m not sure if its from the same injury but i get a pain at the bottom of my hamstring and top of my calf which comes at the same time and also i get pain above my knee in my quad on the outside and occasionally in my IT, the pains in my quad, Calf, hamstring and IT come at weird times like if I’m sitting down and not very often but when i run or exercise i they don’t hurt at all (not sure if its because i don’t go long enough for them to get a chance to hurt or not). At times i get join pains in that knee, which i used to get mainly when i stretch my quad enough it feels as if the joint is separating but the pain in doing that has reduced a lot since the injury started. I can squat and jump and all that a few times without it hurting but after prolonged activity it begin to hurt. I’ve been heat/icing and self massaging everything a lot especially my knee where the pain occurs and belong it on the side of my calf.

I know it sounds confusing but if any1 could give me an idea or know what the problem is it would help a lot as its very frustrating that the pain is still hanging around and not know what it is makes it worse- sometimes my quad will hurt more and I’ll think its something to do with that but then something else will start hurting so i dunno.

Thanks in a advance to anyone who can help in some way

P.s If all these pain at all separate injuries then GEES I’ve got a lot of problems lol

Static Stretching

2008-11-17T13:27:45-05:00

Speaking from experience and not based on theory, What does static stretching really do for a sprinter/power athlete (assuming he follows a good warmup protocol that includes plenty of dynamic movements)? How much time should be devoted to stretching after track workouts?

HIP FLEXORS!!!

2008-11-12T00:38:09-05:00

I know this probably gets asked a ton but here goes…
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I have been having some trouble with my hip flexors of recent (recently past couple of weeks but I have had troubles with them last year as well) and am worried because I do not want to shut down my offseason sprinting program for any amount of time. My right hip flexor right now feels tired and is sore when I run, but no pain yet.

Does anyone know anything I should be doing to prevent something serious while still maintaining most of my workload (sprinting 3 times a week). Eg. Ice / dont ice, how long, any stretches other than the basic hip flexor stretch.

Oh and before I forget, how hard should I stretch my hip flexors?

Thanks alot for the help…

Painful hip flexors/abs

2008-05-26T03:10:51-05:00

I have had pain in my hip flexors/abs for about one year now. I think it came because of overuse. Pain has not been too bad, but now during more intense training it has became worse. I have tried one week off without good results. I have much pain when sprinting and espesially sit ups. Also painful to do a knee lift. Squatting feels ok.

Pain is on both side on my lower abs, but more on one side. Pain is starting just under spina illiaca anterior superior and goes medial.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the pain? I cant afford a pfhysitherapist.
I have quitted sit ups, because it too painful.

Low humidity >> tight hamstring

2008-10-02T18:58:54-05:00

I have been having very tight hamstrings on days with low air humidity (<50% ). Sometimes just due to jumping or sprinting I even get acute pain. I think I loose ROM because whenever I kick forward and high i get the acute sensation in the hamstring / glute insertion. If air humidity raises then the pain is over.

Is there anything I can do? May hydratation have something to do?

Thank you.

Ice baths/Hot-cold showers and massage. Timing?

2008-08-18T09:27:22-05:00

In which order is the best way to utilise these recovery methods after training?

Ice baths or Hot/cold showers first, then massage, or the other way around?

Sore Achilles

2008-09-21T12:44:05-05:00

I have been having some slight problems with both my Achilles tendons. I have included more bounding in my program this year and it seems to be taking a tool on my lower legs. Are there any exercises that can help strengthen them up or supplements that I can take to help alleviate the soreness?

I was thinking eccentric calf raises and maybe supplement some fish oil?

Broke my leg playing football

2008-09-06T14:43:24-05:00

I was tackling a guy, threw him over me, but my ankle got stuck and I fell with him right on top of it.
When I tried to stand up, I could feel my ankle buckling sort of, so I stayed down.
The x-ray showed a barely visible triangular crack in the lower part of the fibula.
In other words, there were no displacement of the bone, so I got a half-cast put on.
I haven’t had any mentionable pain, so pain killers haven’t been necessary at all, that has to be a good sign.

Thing is, I just had a real hard, productive training period with tons of PRs and weight gain (from 80kgs to 88kgs in a few months) to the point that people on my team were asking me seriously if I had been using anabolic steroids (which I ofcourse have not). I’m planning on doing lots of upper body lifting, but the thing that matters to me the most is: how do I sustain my leg power and speed the best possible way?
My plan is still to compete in the National 60m indoor champs late in February..

Increasing productivity in training

2008-08-23T16:52:33-05:00

Okay foremost it makes sense that eat healthy is the
first step to recovering, but that is obviously not enough.
Thats when supplements come in such as
protein shakes, vitamins, BCAA, flexseed oil, creatine etc.

Thats when I came across this site about electro muscle stimulators
said to help increase recovery and even claims to increase muscle strength.
Looks to good to be true.. it’s called the Compex muscle stimulator
http://www.trisports.com/comust.html

what do you guys think ?

Meniscus and Rehab

2008-07-30T14:29:22-05:00

My Pops is a regionally successful Triathlete, better on short distnaces than on Ironman distance. He has had some on again off again trouble with medial and lateral meniscus in his left knee forcing him to have arthroscopic surgery next week for trimming/some removal after a poor performance last weekend and grapfruit size swelling along with a partially immobal joint.

I am recommending he continue to weight train with his right (good) leg along with the rehab program for the scoped leg. Do you guys recommend this? I have read that strength will transfer from limb to limb even though only one maybe worked. Is this correct? He is worried about increasing an imbalance he thinks he has.

Can you guys think of anything else to maintain strength and fitness levels while rehabbing? Of course he will continue to swim and his orthopod said he should be able to bike in 2 weeks.

Thanks for the help.