Subject: knee pain - left knee, right side OK, so my sister is training for her first (running ) half marathon and called me tonight saying she has developed pain on her left knee, on the right side. I checked the usual suspects: shoes are fine (less than a month old, properly fit by a professional ), gradual increase in mileage, no recollection of hurting it over this last weekend. So, after searching the forums, we're curious as to what it might be. It doesn't hurt her when she runs, but when she flexes it to put her shoes on or climb stairs. I told her to ice it and ease off the running a bit this week to see if it gets better. I also recommend a knee brace. Does anyone know what kind of injury she might be dealing with and besides what I recommended to her, what else should she be doing? Thanks a bunch (and yes, I'm working on getting her to join BT ). |