Thread: Knee pains...

For the past month or so now I've been getting pains in my knees I know shouldn't be there. They're not the best as it is (clicks/grinds when I bend down etc) but this is different. It's ranging from pain in specific areas when walking to both knees feeling hot & inflamed when I'm sitting down at night.

I thought I'd narrowed it down to the early morning road running I was doing so I knocked that on the head. However, a month later there's no change, worse if anything.

It possibly could be either my squat or dead form BUT I've been doing both for 7-8 months solid now so it would surprise me if they've brought it on so suddenly instead of gradually over a period. Plus I never feel any pain during either exercise.

I'm thinking it's either leg extensions or press, both of which have been introduced fairly recently. Leg press is relatively heavy for me and I did feel some pain the other night so I'd edge towards that being the culprit.

Got no idea where this thread is going now as I've pretty much figured it out for myself whilst typing!

I only use ext's as a warm up really anyway so I'm not too fussed about dropping those but it's a shame to lose press as I felt I was progressing well with it. Could anyone then maybe suggest a quad-based exercise I could replace it with that's perhaps less harsh on the joints? (I can hear Cal groan already...)

Oh and is there anything specific I should be doing re the knee pain or is it just a case of drop the above and see if it clears up by itself first?

i think you could be onto something with the leg press, if your feet are just slightly out of position it can add extra strain onto the knees. Maybe wise to up your fish oil intake for a while and consider something like devils claw or atrogel (arnica gel)

Nice one. I take on about 15g clo a day already as part of my diet but will look at the other two thingy's.

My knees are radiating just sitting in front of the telly!! What the fcuk?!?!?!?

look at my other options mate, inflammation in there you need something to take it down

do you spend a lot of time on your knees?

maybe at work.

Originally Posted by Dorsey

My knees are radiating just sitting in front of the telly!! What the fcuk?!?!?!?

Do they / are they full of fluid, sort of soft and swolen?

leg press are real hard on ur knees would drop them just now mate and give them a rest

doesnt sound good anyway

Hi Dorse
i get a throbbing sometimes in my knees this generally comes after a run on a tuesday when monday is a leg day and i am also thinking dropping leg extensions as these can put extra strain on knees ,when you are starting too run you need to gradually up your mileage slowly over a monthly period and let the body adapt slowly i know this much , i only have the option of doing one leg pressing type activity and these are squats and i do not any other type sqautting exercise, is it safe /okay to do two types when working legs or does this put extra strain on them and if it does is it therefore neccesary?