What's up with my knee???

gohawks1988
gohawks1988 Posts: 23 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I worked out last night (60 minute walk) plus weights (chest and shoulders) and I just woke up a few minutes ago with an excruciating pain in my right knee. I can barely walk. It hurts like hell to make it straight and the kneecap is really sensitive to touch. What's going on here ??

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  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    edited May 2016
    Sounds like an IT band issue:
    http://breakingmuscle.com/running/how-to-recognize-fix-and-prevent-itb-syndrome

    Just had this article pop up on my Facebook feed about knees. Pretty good reading:
    http://deansomerset.com/5-reasons-bad-knees/

    Best of luck.
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    did you just start working out recently or yesterday ? give your knees a chance to toughen up. put some ice on it
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    gohawks1988 wrote: »
    I worked out last night (60 minute walk) plus weights (chest and shoulders) and I just woke up a few minutes ago with an excruciating pain in my right knee. I can barely walk. It hurts like hell to make it straight and the kneecap is really sensitive to touch. What's going on here ??

    If it's that bad, sounds like you need to see a doctor or a physio.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    gohawks1988 wrote: »
    I worked out last night (60 minute walk) plus weights (chest and shoulders) and I just woke up a few minutes ago with an excruciating pain in my right knee. I can barely walk. It hurts like hell to make it straight and the kneecap is really sensitive to touch. What's going on here ??

    Excruciating pain = doctor
  • MrWilson6
    MrWilson6 Posts: 148 Member
    It could be an IT issue, as mentioned earlier, plus a glute and hip flexor issue as well. If these are all weak, then your knee pays the price for it. It is otherwise known as "runner's knee". Be sure to stretch often, and work on all the muscle groups that surround the knee.
  • gohawks1988
    gohawks1988 Posts: 23 Member
    Grade 1 ACL Sprain I'm lucky I didn't tear it.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    gohawks1988 wrote: »
    Grade 1 ACL Sprain I'm lucky I didn't tear it.

    Please to walk better in the future
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    bummer sorry to hear that. but now that its sprained, be aware that it will never heal, and will be looser than before and prone to sprain again easily. Maybe its better to tear it and have it replaced , who knows.
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Oh, thats not good. Take it easy (follow doc's orders) and when possible get yourself to a physiotherapist for some help with exercises to strengthen the muscles around it to try to avoid further injury.
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