Oh poop, not in the mood to write much today – I am busted!! Small problem for a runner – this afternoon I’ve struggled to put weight on my knee and shuffling round the house has been mighty uncomfortable!
Simply put my knee is f**ked, and although I am actually pleased with completing 9.5 miles this evening in pretty consitent splits.
My pain seems fairly centralised on the inside top of knee with a little pain to the touch on the top of kneecap – not really sure what to take from that picture :-) Pain seems worse with contraction of Quad muscle.
Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation has been the order of the afternoon aided by a heavy dosh of NSAIDs.
I’ll blog again when I’m a little less miserable!
Chin up and take it easy. You’ve been doing really well so take a well earned rest. :-)
Yes mum :-) I’ll rest plenty, don’t have much option right now!
Rest that knee now ok? You have been doing so much, marathon, strongmanrun and then straight into LDR training
I will rest now!! :-)
Sounds nasty. Fingers crossed the RICE treatment does the trick.
Thanks Louise
Ouch, although not sure why you were running 9.5 miles with a hurty knee! Listen to your mum and take a rest – hope it feels better soon!
to start with it was just a bit uncomfortable, it was the downhill section in last couple of miles that absolutely destroyed the knee! :-( Resting now, but this beautiful weather is making me very sad!
Hope you’re fixed soon buddy :(
Hope you’re all fixed soon buddy :(
I’ve read a lot about NSAIDs being bad for runners due to them slowing down healing. Any thoughts?
hmmm. well I know the reliance on NSAIDs for some runners during long runs can be really rather unsafe. I have been prescribed some hefty NSAIDs this week to take swelling out of my calf which exploded earlier in the week. It turned out to be a fairly deep seated muscle pull. The swelling went down rapidly, which meant that I could get to the masseuse to ease out the muscular issue. Straight off them again after that. I would say they have their place – but reliance on them to stop pain is probably the real issue.
Indeed. I think people taking them for DOMs is a really bad idea, you just need to tough that out unless it’s super painful