What do you guys do for achy knees (or joints)?

[bango skank]

I take ~15 g fish oil, glucosamine/chondroitin/msm and wear knee sleeves. But still they ache after squats.

Any ideas?

[d34dlift]

I've heard icing your knees after you're done lifting for the day typically helps.

[Musclekid92]

Ice that shizz brah.

[someonefat]

How often do you squat weekly? If its a lot might try cutting down on the volume. Also try ice+hot tub combo after hard leg workouts.

[muscle_g]

I'll use ice sometimes or creams like Polar Ice, Tiger Balm, Ben-Gay, Icey Hot, or Bio Freeze

[NASAKYCHAIRMAN]

1. Ice
2. Anti-inflammatory ointment before & after workout.
3. Joint supplement called USP Labs SuperCissus RX http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/usp/super.html
4. Reduce your volume.
5. Deload

[bluedo]

I think Universal Animal Flex is the ****. I had terrible shoulder pain after lifting for about a year and tried combos of everything. Now I just take Flex once a day and my joints and not sore or dry after lifting.
Just my two cents.

[notsostrong]

i'm interested in this too. i work in an environment where i have to walk on concrete 8+ hours a day for weeks on end without time off. everyone at work has bad knees and bad hips from. i'd lo e to find something to relieve, or even fix, our knees.

[muscle_g]

I'll use ice sometimes or creams like Polar Ice, Tiger Balm, Ben-Gay, Icey Hot, or Bio Freeze

Also Ibuprofen is good.

[FROGGBUSTER]

you guys probably won't try it, but massage of the joints can cure aching joints.

[buddymander]

Taking fish oil isn't going to have a big effect until you start taking at least 30 grams a day.

Some people take up to 45 grams a day.

Try taking 30 grams a day for 2 weeks and see the effects.

Ive' heard a lot of people just taking 10 to 20 grams a day without much effect.

In all likelihood you will notice a huge effect after 2 weeks.

Charles Poliquin's talks about how most people don't see the true effects until they up the dosage to 30 grams.

[Danimal]

How's your squat form? If you are not doing them right it's not unusual to get sore knees.

[Diana Meeque]

foam roll, ice, get some knee sleeves

[db2000]

Depending on the cause:
http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/default.a...=33895&tid=115
these may or maynot work

[j.benjamin]

Could be a lot of things, and only an exercise physiologist (and you) can figure it out, really. You can do what they do, but it's not necessarily as easy for you to diagnose what the real source of the problem is.

It could be something as simple as squat form, or a tight IT band (I say this a lot but foam rolling on my IT band has helped my knee pain quite a lot), or... anything, really. And yea, if your dosage of fish oil isn't all that high you probably won't notice that big of a difference.

Warming up properly? Do you do ANY prehab work?

[DevilsSon]

hyaluronic acid for stiffness
possibly SAMe (never tried)
Glucosamine/Chondroitin/MSM(biggest effects)
Cissus (i like powder because u can mega dosage on the cheap....works great with G/C/MSM)
Celedrin(tried it before but didnt notice much)

30g is that fish oil pills with 1g per?

[qdiddy69]

Taking fish oil isn't going to have a big effect until you start taking at least 30 grams a day.

Some people take up to 45 grams a day.

Try taking 30 grams a day for 2 weeks and see the effects.

Ive' heard a lot of people just taking 10 to 20 grams a day without much effect.

In all likelihood you will notice a huge effect after 2 weeks.

Charles Poliquin's talks about how most people don't see the true effects until they up the dosage to 30 grams.

could i get a source on superdosing fish oil...(dont want to try it until i research)

..Also i dont know the legitimacy of this but i heard that if your knees swell after a workout its ideal not ice your knees because the swelling is the body's natural way to start its reconstruction of the ligaments so icing knees would mean your joints aren't going to get as strong as if you waited it out, again this could be a bunch of horse ****...

[BigLarge]

Whats your squatting style? I'm assuming this is the brunt of your legs workouts

I've noticed less knee pain since I started using an OLY style (I used to do a wide-stanced PL style)

[Mike.Moore]

I was having some major elbow issues for awhile. I tried everything. Iced, glucosamine, msm, anti-inflam, went to docs. Nothing really worked,least not for too long. Just benching 315 I was in pain and forgot doing 405,agony. For the last 4 months or so I have been taking SuperCissus and In my last meet(Jan) I hit 465 easy. No pain. My elbows had started feeling better in about a month or so after taking it.

[buddymander]

could i get a source on superdosing fish oil...(dont want to try it until i research)

He has his athletes take around 30 to 45 grams a day.


You'll have to scroll down a couple of questions.

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...th_december_06

Some peoples experiences
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_..._dose_fish_oil

[Entkommen115]

He has his athletes take around 30 to 45 grams a day.


You'll have to scroll down a couple of questions.

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...th_december_06

Some peoples experiences
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_..._dose_fish_oil

In before swolegantor

[NASAKYCHAIRMAN]

I was having some major elbow issues for awhile. I tried everything. Iced, glucosamine, msm, anti-inflam, went to docs. Nothing really worked,least not for too long. Just benching 315 I was in pain and forgot doing 405,agony. For the last 4 months or so I have been taking SuperCissus and In my last meet(Jan) I hit 465 easy. No pain. My elbows had started feeling better in about a month or so after taking it.

Definitely, SuperCissus RX is light years ahead of the competition!!

[buddymander]

In before swolegantor

What about him?

Is his girlfriend going to beat me up?

Oh god please don't beat me up swolegantors girlfriend!

[EinMassengrab.]

learn better form on squats pry

[someonefat]

learn better form on squats pry

Even with perfect form you will get achy knees if your squatting heavy weight with lots of volume, its one of those things that is unavoidable but you can help alleviate the pain with proper rehabilitation with ice, messages, hot tubes, knee sleeves, ext.

[Xyle101]

I use tiger balm, when I fell that kind of feeling and just a little relaxing will do! Or sometimes just a supplement I will put a hot water on a bottle and roll the bottle to my knees, it will help a little bit.

[Rawngus]

squats are absolutely terrible on your knees a buddy of mine squated from age 13-21 and is now in a wheelchair at 22






























































(not rly)

[bango skank]

Thanks guys, I've been megadosing fish oil and this has seemed to help... but even better, I think I identified the culprit; ghetto-assed GHR's.

[DaBurg3r]

change my technique a bit a lay off for a few weeks

[bango skank]

Try taking 30 grams a day for 2 weeks and see the effects.

Just finished 2 weeks of ~28g of fish oil (+ 4 g. of sesamin). Knees feel all better.