knee pain and good news

[donaleen]

I've been having some knee pain going down hill toward the end of my hikes, especially what for me are big hikes. I've been scared of what it might mean. I'd hate to give up hiking and gorge hikes do tend to have elevation gain and loss.

So here is the good news. It seems my pain is coming from the tendons that attach to my knee from my quads. My quads are tight and I didn't know it. They never feel tight. But I am doing some stretches and it is helping a lot.

Just thought it might help someone else, too.

[Crusak]

Good news! Stretching > Surgery any day. Glad to hear it's not gonna keep you off the trail.

[seemore]

As one who has had the same problem I'll definitely start quad stretches. Thanks for posting and glad to hear it is helping you.

[Splintercat]

Donaleen, I have a similar struggle: I spend WAY too much time sitting on my butt during the workweek, and typically over the winter, I start to develop tender hamstrings, with resulting swelling/weakness in my knees as a result. If I put on a couple of compression supports for a day or two, it clears up. But it's definitely the sitting that causes it, and especially after I've been very active. The first time I noticed was after a long Mount Hood hike, and my knees just froze up on the drive home -- didn't notice until I tried to get out of the car!

I'm doing better managing it, but am not looking forward to another ten years of working in the office, when I know that's a big part of the problem. I've worked out all kinds of ways to stay on my feet when I can, but my typical day includes wall-to-wall meetings, and I'm often leading them -- which I've not attempted from a standing position..! But if I'm simply a participant, I'll often stand up behind my chair.

Somebody said this recently on NPR, and it really resonated with me: "Sitting is the worst thing you can do for your body." Yup.

-Tom

[Patrice Garcia]

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