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Things I haven't tried and want advice on:- anti-inflammatories (do I need them? concerned about GI and heart issues)
Perhaps because you’ve overstressed the knee for a more sustained period of time and have now a chronic level of inflammation?What were you wearing while running footwear wise, did you get a gait analysis/ proper fitting for your trainers?If concerned about taking ibuprofen, always take with food and ask your GP to prescribe a PPI like omeprazole if you can’t get it over the counter depending on what country you are in (it’ll ease general heartburn too). You could also try a topical NSAID like Voltaren gel which is less harsh on the stomach Good luck
How and where did stretching hurt? Did you have swelling in the knee afterwards? Or obvious heat/inflammation.Or did it hurt because the muscles (which ones did you stretch?) are shortened/tight/weak which can be a cause of knee pain (potentially all and any from lower back down to feet)?
I have read the previous three posts, and noted that you have visited your GP only once. Self diagnosis is not the way to go forward - My suggestion, is that you must insist with your GP to see an Orthopeadic Consultant who is qualified to see if a MRI /scan is required to prevent any further damage to your knee. Best/JohnK Manchester UK
Am in Australia, fortunately we don't have too much in the way of lockdowns and such yet. I think The Athlete's Foot does something like that here, will have to check though.I'm female, I think my legs might be a bit wonky but they've never caused this level of problem before.It's honestly kind of frustrating because I feel like I've kind of run the gamut of knee-related symptoms in the past couple of weeks. Stabbing? Check! Aching? Check! Random burning/prickling? Check! It's not really localized to one area either, because every other pain/weird sensation comes and goes, apart from the fact that the medial side of both knees will have a twinge of pain if I make a movement resembling that of kicking a football with the side of my foot (like exerting force at an angle). Yeah I understand that the muscle tightness could take a very long time, makes me regret not taking full advantage of the gym in the two years or so before coronavirus hit (had a massive fitness kick in the past two years after about five years of inactivity in my teenage years). Recently (in the past week) I haven't really had any of the stabbing kneecap pains, and only sort of general aching/PFPS-esque (no idea if it is, but judging by others' testimonies it sounds likely) pain, so I think I'll give it another week of gentle movement and see how things go and if it doesn't improve I'll see my GP again and see what she says and ask about a sports physician/physio/podiatrist/etc if needed. One thing hanging over my head in terms of always wanting to get through this quicker is the fact that I'm meant to be off to university in February, which is going to be pretty difficult in the current circumstances. Well, not difficult, since I can move around as much as I want, it just hurts to do so. I guess with coronavirus it's not too big a deal since I don't think in-person lectures are going to be a thing yet, even in Australia. But yeah I keep thinking I'd really like this to be over with before I have to be up and about a lot.
It sounds identical to my symptoms.I read the 'Jan' story too, but there is no way I could shut down my life that much. I still needed to go to work. Hence I ended up on Celebrex after at least 5 years of symptoms and that was the start of a huge turnaround.If I was back there, and could not take Celebrex or similar, here's what might have worked if I'd been very careful:Very gentle slow flat walking for 20mins each day;Regular icing - 2 times/day for 15-20mins;TENS machine every day for 45minsGentle stretching of hammies, lower back but absolutely not of the knees, and nothing that puts any extra load on the kneesSwimming with pull buoy and band to maintain some fitness and sanity, with absolutely zero kicking and no hard pushes off the wall with legsNo stairsNo kneeling or squattingNo quad strengthening of any kindNo heavy lifting or carryingNever sit with knees bent - always out straight propped up on a box or somethingExperiment with strengthening exercises for glutes/hammies/core, but this is very risky. Once the Celebrex started to significantly improve my symptoms, I found exercises like deadlifts, kettlebell swings and later Belgian squats 2x/week, 5-10 reps of each, 3 sets of each really helped my progression. They would inevitably cause some symptoms, but did not lead to long-term setbacks.Just my theory of course given what I know now.