bgates1654
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So about a week ago, I started feeling pain in my knees... non localised, very mild, but noticeable. It was felt pretty much all over... quad insertions, ham insertions, calf insertion, sides, patella, middle of the knee. No noticeable swelling or discoloration. No specific movement caused pain... it just came and went. I ignored it, hoping it would heal for a couple of days, but the pain got a tad worse... nothing more than annoying. I got myself a couple of knee wraps to keep them warm at night and around the house. That seemed to help.
The pain lessened. It seems I was on the heal but decided to drop my olympic lifts as a way to reduce wear and tear. I figured maybe I got jumper's knee or something from trying out the full clean and attempting the full snatch. The pain is still present after a week and a half. It is still off and on and still mild/annoying... 2 out of 10 on the pain scale. No loss of range of motion.
Doing deadlifts and squats (10RM) actually makes them feel good, relieving any pain that happens to be present and no extra pain or less pain is noticed next day.
Today I noticed that I was subconsciously putting weight on the outside of my feet. I am not sure why because consciously correcting this does not cause any pain. I also noticed that a pain in my right knee has localized itself in the iliotibial band at the knee joint. It is a mild stinging sensation that occurs occasionally. Again maybe a 2/10.
I was thinking of replacing one of my deadlift/squat work sets with a mid range 15 rep set in the hopes that some healing could take place due to the lactic acid. Technically its adding more work though which could exacerbate the situation. If it fails to heal within 2 weeks at that level of activity, then I will stop all leg exercises and let it rest.
I have been doing extra stretching with less than normal intensity as means of healing. My normal stretching routine does not include an iliotibial band stretch. However the one recommended by several websites (leg crossing behind the other) does not seem to stretch at all even at the extreme.
How do my plans sound? Any advice would be helpful.
The pain lessened. It seems I was on the heal but decided to drop my olympic lifts as a way to reduce wear and tear. I figured maybe I got jumper's knee or something from trying out the full clean and attempting the full snatch. The pain is still present after a week and a half. It is still off and on and still mild/annoying... 2 out of 10 on the pain scale. No loss of range of motion.
Doing deadlifts and squats (10RM) actually makes them feel good, relieving any pain that happens to be present and no extra pain or less pain is noticed next day.
Today I noticed that I was subconsciously putting weight on the outside of my feet. I am not sure why because consciously correcting this does not cause any pain. I also noticed that a pain in my right knee has localized itself in the iliotibial band at the knee joint. It is a mild stinging sensation that occurs occasionally. Again maybe a 2/10.
I was thinking of replacing one of my deadlift/squat work sets with a mid range 15 rep set in the hopes that some healing could take place due to the lactic acid. Technically its adding more work though which could exacerbate the situation. If it fails to heal within 2 weeks at that level of activity, then I will stop all leg exercises and let it rest.
I have been doing extra stretching with less than normal intensity as means of healing. My normal stretching routine does not include an iliotibial band stretch. However the one recommended by several websites (leg crossing behind the other) does not seem to stretch at all even at the extreme.
How do my plans sound? Any advice would be helpful.
