Knee pain advice

josiereside

I originally posted this in one of the general boards the other day and thought I would come here for more thoughts:

I have been training for my second half marathon which is in 2 weeks. I have never had issues with my knees until last week I fell on my left knee. Nothing major, slight brush burn. The following day I went out and ran 8 miles. It started to hurt around mile 7. Felt a little stiff when sitting to getting up but when I was walking it did not hurt. Did a 5K two days later, started hurting last mile or so. Rested it for a couple days (other than walking). Ran on treadmill 2 days this week with no pain. Just did a 5K and it started hurting again last mile (on a good note I placed second in my age group! Anyway, my question is, I was going to do a long run tomorrow (8-10), short run mid week (4-5) and another long run on Friday. My half is on the 9th. Should I rest it for a few days??? Try run/walk?? Any advice please!!!

An update as this was posted on Saturday... My knee pain pretty much went away by Sunday. I have not run since. I have walked my dog, rode stationary bike. I have been icing it, taking ibuprofen, foam rolling (although not consistently). I was going to do a short run tomorrow (Wednesday) but may just wait and do a longer run on Friday. I have pretty much completed my HM training early working up to 11 miles. My HM is 9/9. I am just concerned about the minimal amount of running I have been doing between now and then. Some are saying that if I got my training in that these 2 weeks should be okay.

Also is using K tape better than a knee strap (I previously have not used either)

Hopefully this does not all sound confusing... just looking for thoughts, advice...

reggie2run

Josie sometimes I have knee discomfort. My RMT tells me that its all the muscles like hamstring/quads/even calfs pulling from all the training. They're under stress and pulling which i feel in my knees..left more so that the right one.
So to help it, I get deep tissue massage once a month (although if you decide to go this route you may want to get this done at least a week before any race as it causes brusing and makes you feel tender). I also take epsom salt baths after a long run and use a foam roller. I also do extra stretching to help eleviate the contraction on the leg muscles.

I have not used either a K strap or band, so I can offer no advice there. Sounds like you're doing all the right things. Maybe a RMT can offer you more help.

josiereside

Thanks Reggie! By RMT do you mean a physical therapist?? Hoping to avoid that route for now since this is just a new pain and I am hoping with what I am doing it goes away... but will follow up with my ortho if not as I will need a referral for therapy if such neeeds to be done. I know my ITB is tight, I can tell by self massage and the foam roller so working on that for sure! I am just worried about my race in less than 2 weeks!