Knee Pain
12
Member
87 days
TriMyBest posted 5 weeks ago.
Iron Dan wrote:
I did a century 2 weeks ago and an extremely sharp pain developed in my left knee.
Have you had your bike professionally fitted? The guy who fitted me said that an improper fit can cause knee pain.
622
Member
462 days
Iron Dan posted 5 weeks ago.
I did get the bike professionally fitted. I just find it weird that it only hurts when cycling uphill, but feels absolutely fine when I am running, usually with any knee pain it is the other way around.
1
Member
39 days
marc9439 posted 5 weeks ago.
I've been to an orthopedic for both my knees. I'm 54 and started doing tri's last year. One tip he provided was stretching of the quadriceps. The other was general strength training for the muscles around the knee. Icing after a workout is an extremely good thing to do as well.
157
Member
66 days
jonovision_man posted 5 weeks ago.
Iron Dan wrote:
I did get the bike professionally fitted. I just find it weird that it only hurts when cycling uphill, but feels absolutely fine when I am running, usually with any knee pain it is the other way around.
Really eerie, I have really similar symptoms to you.
I did a 110k ride the day after a run, and both knees were sore after in pretty close to the same place you're talking about. For me it's just below the kneecap, same for you?
I went to the doctor, he said I just overdid it and likely have tendinitis. He said to ice & ibuprofen it, and rest... then slowly build back up. It took the better part of 2 weeks, but in the last few days it felt better, so I did a short run and bike ride and everything felt OK.
Good luck getting to the bottom of it. One thing I did learn from physio is that every muscle in your leg attaches somewhere in your knee, so if something is strained or tight that's where you'll feel it! If you go to physio for a diagnosis, they can usually identify which muscle is the cause and what stretches will help it.
727
Member
433 days
theShiba posted 5 weeks ago.
marc9439 wrote:
I've been to an orthopedic for both my knees. I'm 54 and started doing tri's last year. One tip he provided was stretching of the quadriceps. The other was general strength training for the muscles around the knee. Icing after a workout is an extremely good thing to do as well.
I would advise against stretching for any kind of joint/tendon pain. You can actually make the pain worse if it is, in fact, tendonitis. I'd go the ice/nsaid route before stretching.
What kind of pedals are you riding with? My girlfriend complained of knee pain after riding with Look pedals that only had the 4.5ºfloat. Switched to the red 9º's and the pain went away.
I have been having a knee pain recently that I have not had before. I did a century 2 weeks ago and an extremely sharp pain developed in my left knee. If you were to bend your left leg, and go just to the right side of your patellar tendon, that is where the pain is. It feels great while swimming and running, and cycling for the most part, except when I am going up hill. I took it easy the last two weeks, but had an Olympic distance race today and my knee was really killing me on the bike because it was a very hilly course. I don’t really know how to describe it other than it is a very sharp pain and it almost feels like my knee is not tracking right. Does anyone know what this is?