Subject: Lateral Knee Pain from running I am at my wits end. Of course I am an active person or I wouldn’t be on a site like this. Since last November I have been struggling with lateral knee pain in both knees. I was training for a marathon (I got up to mile 12 ) and finally had to stop because the pain was so bad and would not go away. I rested for a few months and every time I tried to go back to running I had the same pain. I do the elliptical trainer and take a spinning class at a gym all without any major pain, but running kills me. I finally went to see my Sports Dr. about six weeks ago and ended up having a MRI on both knees. Surprise- not a darn thing wrong, in fact both knees look great. Now I am to the point of thinking maybe I am crazy. I have had bouts with ITBS (Illiotibial Band Syndrome ) before and I assume it is ITBS although the MRI’s didn’t show any obvious ITB problems. This is just nuts why won’t this heal and why was I able to run for the last 10 years without these kind of problems? Does anyone have any thoughts? I am so frustrated I figured the MRI would show something but all was fine. I want to do a few triathlons this summer but I am seriously thinking I might not be able to because of my knee pain running. How can I train and not run?
Any ideas would greatly be appreciated!
Gina |