Does knee popping mean anything?

4everchanged101

I am more active now than I have ever been in my life. I have started jogging and walking everyday. I've been doing about 3-6 miles on average a day. I have noticed when I bend my right knee there's a slight popping in it. This is every time I bend it not just when I'm exercising. I have no pain at all. Could it be just the new stress of jogging on my body and the fact that I'm over weight or is it more likely the start of a knee problem.

mreeves261

Could be nothing, could be something. You would have to talk to your doctor to be for sure though. Mine for example sounds like a screen door when I bend it. There's nothing wrong with my knee per my doctor, just creaks more with age.

Hopefully nothing is wrong! :happy:

4everchanged101

it doesn't make any noise at all I can just feel it. I barely notice it unless Im paying attention. I know my doctor wouldnt say much about it. Im just going to assume it nothing for now.

GetSoda

Could be the sound of a tendon snapping into place.
This could be due to a muscular imbalance, or just how you're built

Still, it doesn't hurt to do mobility exercises!

SadFaerie

it doesn't make any noise at all I can just feel it. I barely notice it unless Im paying attention. I know my doctor wouldnt say much about it. Im just going to assume it nothing for now.

If you're just running and walking, it's possible that you need to strengthen your muscles, especially hamstrings. Add some resistance training to your routines: glute bridges, deadlifts, hip thrusts etc.

_KrisMarie_

My knee was popping, and I ignored it. Though I can't blame it all on activity (bad knees run in our family), I pushed through and it got worse. I finally went in to see the sports med doctor; he said my knees were in pretty bad shape and I needed to do strengthening exercises. The popping was, as another poster mentioned, the tendon popping back into place. However, by the time I went in to see the doc, he said I was done running, and doing high impact exercises. (Annoying, but as long as I can still rock climb, c'est la vie!)

I do the strengthening exercises and icing of my knees after workouts, as recommended by a physical therapist. You may want to check with a specialist to be on the safe side and head off any problems before they become more serious. Not everyone with knee problems has to stop running, so there may be time to fix things before they get to that point.

CoderGal

My knee was popping, and I ignored it. Though I can't blame it all on activity (bad knees run in our family), I pushed through and it got worse. I finally went in to see the sports med doctor; he said my knees were in pretty bad shape and I needed to do strengthening exercises. The popping was, as another poster mentioned, the tendon popping back into place. However, by the time I went in to see the doc, he said I was done running, and doing high impact exercises. (Annoying, but as long as I can still rock climb, c'est la vie!)

I do the strengthening exercises and icing of my knees after workouts, as recommended by a physical therapist. You may want to check with a specialist to be on the safe side and head off any problems before they become more serious. Not everyone with knee problems has to stop running, so there may be time to fix things before they get to that point.

Out of curiosity which strengthening exercises were you recommended?

skeo

Same for me; my knees were popping all kinds of crazy, but then one day, I bent down to pick something up, and couldn't get off of the floor without assistance; I went to a specialist, and they advised that I had a minor meniscus tear on the outside of my knee cap; and a torn cartilage. Before and during this time; I was doing alot of high impact exercise, mostly cardio, like kickboxing, boot camp, which had burpees, body weight squats, jumping jacks, jumping period. Since then I've stopped all of those classes, and hit the weights; I squat and deadlift, still can't lunge, but I've noticed that my knees are much stronger and I can go up and down stairs unassisted.

So in this instance weight training saved my knees but if it doesn't hurt; I wouldn't stress too much about it, but do eventually get it checked out.

shirleygirl910

Read the book Chi Running or check out thier website http://www.chirunning.com/ Friends on Fitbit swear by this method. Some have knee injuries and using the Chi method they can now run without pain and injury. We just assume we know how to run, but if we don't use the right form we can cause injury to ourselves.

DopeItUp

General rule is that if it's not causing pain, it's fine. My knees pop and crackle with practically every step and have for many years. Every squat rep I do they crack too. Has never hurt even when squatting hundreds of pounds so I just keep going.

heis4u2004

I know this isn't totally about popping which my knees have done a time or two. I just get some crackling type sound/feeling especially going up stairs.
My question about knees is- If you run, has your knees changed color? It seems that since I have been jogging/running (not fast), my knees are a darker brown. Actually the color change is right below the patella/knee.

Can anyone explain this? Is this okay. I do not have pain.