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Right knee feels like it lacks stability
Posted on 9/5/18 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 9/5/18 at 9:02 pm
Been increasing my running and after a long run on Sunday it feels like my right knee hyper extends and feels like it isn’t as stable as my left knee. It doesn’t really hurt and I can still run on it. Anybody dealt with something like this before? Just wondering if it’s worth getting checked out or is it just that I’m not as young as I once was.
Posted on 9/5/18 at 11:19 pm to Legion of Doom
I'd get it checked, my right knee started feeling like that several years ago and now my right quad is smaller than my left. There are exercises you can do to stabilize your knees, when I stop doing them consistently I notice the difference.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 5:27 am to Legion of Doom
Do you have any popping? Catching feeling?
Research PT exercises for meniscus tear recovery. Lots of band work. As ecb said, strengthening the muscles to take torque and pressure off the knee is key.
Also, get your running stride and shoes professionally analyzed. In general shorten your stride severely and run absurdly slowly and work up to faster turnover (keeping short strides) and don't overdo it w distance until you're feeling stable (then still don't OVERdo it)
Rest. Ice (use 2 ColPacs--under and on top knee sandwich) while elevating. Get a good brace too for support and compression.
Also, a forefoot strike w zero drop was what--I believe--has helped my whole body when running.
The other change I made was anti-inflammatory diet.
I went from feeling like my left knee was going to fall off followed by severe pain and an informal meniscus-tear diagnosis (no MRI) in my 30s and early 40s, to now being able (knock on wood) to run 20 miles without issue (no more ice or brace). Still working up to 26.2.
And, if you are working in swimming to get exercise while resting from running, be careful not to overkick. I've found that swimming can actually make my knee worse if I'm not careful. I often use a leg float and don't kick or flip turn.
Research PT exercises for meniscus tear recovery. Lots of band work. As ecb said, strengthening the muscles to take torque and pressure off the knee is key.
Also, get your running stride and shoes professionally analyzed. In general shorten your stride severely and run absurdly slowly and work up to faster turnover (keeping short strides) and don't overdo it w distance until you're feeling stable (then still don't OVERdo it)
Rest. Ice (use 2 ColPacs--under and on top knee sandwich) while elevating. Get a good brace too for support and compression.
Also, a forefoot strike w zero drop was what--I believe--has helped my whole body when running.
The other change I made was anti-inflammatory diet.
I went from feeling like my left knee was going to fall off followed by severe pain and an informal meniscus-tear diagnosis (no MRI) in my 30s and early 40s, to now being able (knock on wood) to run 20 miles without issue (no more ice or brace). Still working up to 26.2.
And, if you are working in swimming to get exercise while resting from running, be careful not to overkick. I've found that swimming can actually make my knee worse if I'm not careful. I often use a leg float and don't kick or flip turn.
This post was edited on 9/6/18 at 5:32 am
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