Pain in Knee...advice?

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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Let me see - you have 15 posts here and I have over 11,000. When you hit 5000, then we'll talk. Oh wait - why don't you just put me on your ignore list and then you won't have to worry about chuckling here ever again. Of course, you'd also have to put BillyMac and a few others on it. I've got an idea - why don't you put everyone on it!

Oh yeah - welcome to the board.

You do know that he could have very well have read the boards before registering right? And you do realize that he does have a point? And if we were to take a look at your 11,000 or so posts, a real healthy percentage of those posts would be OT or jokes...or as of late, resurrecting posts from over 7 years ago....Just saying. I'll guess I wait till I get 3,000 or so more posts till we talk.

To the OP, I remember when I had a knee issue a couple of years ago...had a tear of my left lateral meniscus. Hurt to walk on it and couldn't bend the knee past 40 degrees. Pain would subside if I said off of it...and I could walk on it pain-free for a couple of minutes before it would come back again. Had to have a meniscectomy which resulted in the taking 1/3 of it out. Recovery was 3 weeks after doing everything the doc said to a tee.

Assuming your doc says it's okay, Rut's advice is very true. I'm a big proponent of lifting heavy weights while working on maintaining our cardiovascular endurance. Getting the work done in the off season gets our body ready for the pounding it'll take. During the regular season, I cut back on the volume but still keep the intensity high. As far as knees goes, heavy squats have helped with my knee issues as it strengthens a lot of muscles around the knee.