Achy knees from basketball

[Superhuman7]

I've been playing a lot more basketball over the past year and I've never had a knee injury in my life. I wouldn't categorize my current situation as an injury either... yet.

Every time I play basketball, my knees ache for days afterward. Fish oil and the standard glucosamine/MSM/chondroitin supplementation help, for sure... but I'd like to eliminate the problem completely. Is this just part of the sport or is there a way to combat the achiness?

Thanks.

[filipino_muscle]

I've been playing a lot more basketball over the past year and I've never had a knee injury in my life. I wouldn't categorize my current situation as an injury either... yet.

Every time I play basketball, my knees ache for days afterward. Fish oil and the standard glucosamine/MSM/chondroitin supplementation help, for sure... but I'd like to eliminate the problem completely. Is this just part of the sport or is there a way to combat the achiness?

Thanks.

I'm 37, and the foam roll saved my old-ass knees. The body is a system so, hit your legs from hip to ankle. I've played sports all my life just to let you know, and I stopped doing the glucosamine and fish oil stuff. Just youtube it. Good luck. It's freakin' painful at first.

[Jsmith512]

Foam roller FTW! Things a bitch but it really loosens up your legs, its like a massage.

Recently I got some foot orthopedics too and those have really helped. They change the way you walk and ease the pressure on your knees.

Have you been to physio about the problem?

If the pain is on the sides of your knees its likely just a tight IT band. Do you have tight hamstrings?

If the pain is above and below the knees you could have osgood schlatters disease.

[Fullback38]

Yupp yupp I have it I sucks I hyper extended my right knee and tore my miniscus and mcl in my left . Ice your knees.

The osgood schlatters is when your bones grow so fast that your tendens strech and pull peices of bone off .

A way you can detect it easly is after you go up and down stairs your knees could hurt . Another is to sit in a chair and if you have a bump under your knee cap.

Ya I have to go in for a MRI on fri because I think I tore somthing again and
The osgood schlatters hits me hard in the cold. Ice n heat it's amazing

[e-bay]

Neoprene knee brace, makes mine feel way better the next day, keeps it very warm, so you won't be so achy.

[Superhuman7]

My knees don't normally bother me... but stairs definitely suck when they ARE achy and I do have a bump below the knee when I sit down. What are the treatments for this osgood schlatter's disease? I'll definitely look into the foam rolling. I've heard so much about it; I guess it's time to learn how to do it.

[ninjaa]

Is the pain when you bend your knees? Does it hurt just below the kneecap?

If so, then it could be your tendons. I had this pain for a while and still do. I just RICE on training days, and stretch my legs a couple times a day to keep the pressure off my tendons. Could just be inflammation, so check with your doctor.

[DRMc]

Below could also be patellar tendonitis. I which case, more RICE.

[roid_monkey]

[valier]

My knees don't normally bother me... but stairs definitely suck when they ARE achy and I do have a bump below the knee when I sit down. What are the treatments for this osgood schlatter's disease? I'll definitely look into the foam rolling. I've heard so much about it; I guess it's time to learn how to do it.

yes id also like to know the treatments for osgoode ****tsers disease please

[sly_106]

Another is to sit in a chair and if you have a bump under your knee cap.

That can be misleading, everyone has a small bump there. It the tibial tubercle where your patellar tendon connects.

Below could also be patellar tendonitis. I which case, more RICE.

Physical therapist can work wonders on this. Often this tendonitis is either caused by your quad being too tight, or a comparitive weakness in your vastus medialis causing your knee to track slightly off center

[Diskd]

OA most commonly shows up in knees before any other joints

the hardwood is obviously high impact and pretty common for them to hurt afterwards

nsaids/ice/r.i.c.e technique is all you can do for some minor pain

[sIghtLines]

I'm 37, and the foam roll saved my old-ass knees. The body is a system so, hit your legs from hip to ankle. I've played sports all my life just to let you know, and I stopped doing the glucosamine and fish oil stuff. Just youtube it. Good luck. It's freakin' painful at first.

The foam roller is something amazing..def agree with using it. After you use it for a couple times it feels great

[srizvi1]

Sorry to bring an old thread back but I think I'm dealing with something related to the discussion. My knees have been bothering me for a couple of years now, now more often1. I've been playing basketball actively (at least once a week) for a few years now. I played a lot of football before but that never bothered me - I'm guessing because of the moist soil. Feels kind of like there's not enough lube in my knee or something and it's kind of hard to describe where. The only time my knees don't bother me is when I'm actually playing basketball.

I went to an orthopedic surgeon in rockville, md a few months back and he had x-rays taken and my leg around a lot. Unfortunately that day my knees weren't really bothering me so I wasn't reacting to any of the movements. I was thinking of visiting one more to make sure nothing is up. I'll go through some of the advice in this thread too, I'm not familiar with anything (foam roller, RICE, etc)

[moose45]

I grew 9 inches in like 3 months when I was younger...it gave me really bad osgood. You need to stretch your quads and hamstrings a lot, and I mean a lot. I have been foam rolling and it also helps. When I had my osgood I got electrode therapy with a needle, to relieve all the fluid build up. It worked as long as I didn't do anything atheletic. Just give it lots of rest and stretch it a lot. Wear a high quality knee brace when playing basketball tho.

[srizvi1]

For everyone here with knee trouble from Basketball? Do your knees also bother you after working out your legs in the gym? I deal with that a little - mainly when doing leg presses

[spc425]

For everyone here with knee trouble from Basketball? Do your knees also bother you after working out your legs in the gym? I deal with that a little - mainly when doing leg presses

I play a lot of volleyball and basketball and my knees kill me afterwards. Like everyone else I have to ice them afterwards or feel the pain for a couple days afterwards. I also have to be very strategic when I choose what days to play so that it won't mess with my legs day. If I play too close to legs day, then I feel it bad in my right knee when squatting. However I do notice the pain goes away once I get thoroughly warmed up. What has helped me it a patella (sp) band when I'm playing.