Hey guys,
Ive been weight training SERIOUSLY for about 2 months now. Lately, during my squat sets, my knee will hurt. I bought one of those elasticated knee-braces today and hopefully that will help, but what would my best course of action be? Obviously, i want to fix whatever I'm doing wrong before it turns into a serious injury and I cant work my legs for a while.
Thanks!
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Thread: Sore knee from squats
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10-14-2005, 08:45 AM #1
Sore knee from squats
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10-14-2005, 08:47 AM #2
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10-14-2005, 08:58 AM #3
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10-14-2005, 09:01 AM #4
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10-14-2005, 09:07 AM #5
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10-14-2005, 09:14 AM #6
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10-14-2005, 09:36 AM #7
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10-14-2005, 09:38 AM #8
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I had a similar problem when I started lifting a few month ago. I don't want to sound over confident, but I'm naturally strong and I "started" off with 215pounds on the squats and could do 3 sets of 10 without much problems.
After working out a few times my knee started to hurt, even when I wasn't working out, just by walking or even sitting... sometimes when you injure yourself you won't fee the pain until the day after of even a few days after it won't neccaseraly heart when you actualy engure yourself.
I had to start from 0, I guess I did my own physical therapy. I didn't do anything with my legs for about 3 weeks to let my knee heel, I only did stretching. Then I started doing squats without any weights for about 2 weeks, then with 35lbs, then 50lbs, then 100, and I did this for about 2 months, and now I'm back to 215lbs. I am also doing a lot of stretching before my work outs and I do a very good warm up with lights weights before doing my 215lbs squats. So far so good, my knee is good as new and I will stick with 215lbs until I feel like my knee, ligaments and muscle are fully developed before adding more weight, I know I can lift a lot more, maybe even 300lbs, but I want to make sure I don't injure my knee again, so I'm taking my time.
Its not always the amouth of weights you lift, if the total work out that counts, the posture
Good luck!
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10-14-2005, 09:46 AM #9
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10-15-2005, 01:52 AM #10
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10-15-2005, 01:59 AM #11Originally Posted by geoffsherman
I've found that to be very important. Using a SLOW negative really helps me too.
ALSO-try PAUSING at the bottom: this will help you gain more depth AND put less stress on the knees.
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05-21-2010, 11:17 AM #12
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05-21-2010, 11:48 AM #13
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a knee brace is temporary and should be worn as a "band aid". if pain persists seek advice from a doctor or physical therapist. pain is not normal, your body is telling you something. so avoid squats for now and do isolation movements which strengthen the quads and supporting muscle groups. such as hip abduction/adduction, leg extensions, hamstring curls, hip flexion/extension, calf raises, and dorsal flexion exercises (pulling your toes towards your shins), etc.
try to avoid working through the pain and work around it. knee surgery is something you want to avoid.
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05-22-2010, 09:42 AM #14
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05-22-2010, 10:22 AM #15
You do not need hip flexor lengthliness to do a squat. Tight hip flexors would actually help pull you down into it.
The way that tight hip flexors would impede is they would make it difficult to lock out (which is more of a deadlift issue) or they may make you hip extensors weaker via reciprocal inhibition (glute deactivation for example).
Besides that, I may be missing out on a more complex biophysical concept, how would hip flexors cause knee pain in a squat?
There is the whole 'anterior pelvic tilt' issue I know is caused by that, is that the reason?
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05-22-2010, 12:26 PM #16
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05-22-2010, 03:23 PM #17
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