knee injury

I am experiencing the same problem. My pain is just below the knee cap on the inside of my right leg. I have been to the doctor and he said nothing was torn and doesn't know why I was experiencing the pain. I am going to take the winter off from running and focus stretching and strength. I think it is almost like a tendinitis but of what I don't know. The doctor was no help, he said to run through it. I may try switching shoes next spring and see if that helps.

Mike

Rowdy .. could be fluid in the knee .. sounds similiar to some injuries we have in our soccer team ... RICE is the best thing for that I think .. but a bugger to treat.

It sounds to me that you have either
1) a muscular imbalance between your hamstrings and your quads which is causing your knee to not track properly. This can feel like a painful rubbing on the inside of the knee about where the knee meets the tibia, leaving it sore. With one muscle, usually the hamstring, being stronger, it pulls the knee ever so slightly when you run. This is fixed by going to a Physical therapist and getting some exercise to bring the opposing muscle back up to strength. It may also be a gait problem in which you need to go to a specialty running store and be matched up with the correct shoes for your feet.

2) Some form of degenerative joint problem like osteoarthristis which means there is not enough joint lube and cartilage to keep things nice, cushy and moving along correctly. Usually this is best dealt with by cross training more, pool running, running on trails and treadmills (say no to concrete sidewalks, goodbye to asphalt roads) and try 1500 mg of glucosomine, which slows joint damage.

And really, if this persists you need to see a doc. Good luck to you.

Thanks for the replies. I decided to see a sports orthopedic about my knee injury. I'm seeing him this week. I'll be sure to keep everyone updated, particularly the individual who replied and is having the same problem as myself. Best of luck.

I just got back from seeing the sports orthopedic...and my diagnosis is.....a bruised knee. Apparantely, the bones on the inside of my leg, next to the knee cap, are brused. The doctor thinks this happened during my 1/2 marathon run. I was told to not run or do any activity that aggravates it for at least 2 months. He told me that an injury like this takes a while to heal. So, back to the pool for more laps.