Eating more = injury healing?

[alltrapbrah]

I just wanted to run this by injury specialists to check whether i’m onto something or i’m going crazy...

So, I have this chronic knee problem. Had it for years now. I have made 0 effort to treat it for 3 reasons: 1) it’s a mild ache in the back of my right knee; uncomfortable, but not especially painful, 2) it comes and goes, 3) i’m a lazy fuk.

The rest of this post is gonna focus on reason no. 2. For the longest time, the problem seemed quite random as to when it would flair up. The only physical activity i’ve engaged in over the past 2 years is tennis, and sometimes i’d have weeks where i’d play a lot and not feel a thing, and other weeks i’d play very little but get pain, and vice versa. Sometimes it would last quite a while, even if I rest up. Other times it would come and go fairly quickly.

Long story short, I hadn’t noticed any pattern to what makes it flair up, until recently...

Having paid more attention recently, I swear there seems to be a relationship with how much i’m eating. Whenever I eat more, the problem seems to disappear. I’ve been making an effort to eat more recently because, ordinarily, I am probably something of a chronic under-eater. It’s not a deliberate thing, it just ties into my lazyness and the hassle of having to make all my own food. I’m the kinda guy who can go without food quite easily, so i’ve always been that way.

TL;DR: When I eat more, the chronic knee problem seems to go away.

So am I onto something here? or is it purely coincidental and I’ve misdiagnosed the causality? I’m not an expert in any of this chit so i’m asking you guys if this is a thing at all. I’ve never heard of anyone being advised “eat more” as a way of treating a muscle injury.

[Szyszak]

I just wanted to run this by injury specialists to check whether i’m onto something or i’m going crazy...

So, I have this chronic knee problem. Had it for years now. I have made 0 effort to treat it for 3 reasons: 1) it’s a mild ache in the back of my right knee; uncomfortable, but not especially painful, 2) it comes and goes, 3) i’m a lazy fuk.

The rest of this post is gonna focus on reason no. 2. For the longest time, the problem seemed quite random as to when it would flair up. The only physical activity i’ve engaged in over the past 2 years is tennis, and sometimes i’d have weeks where i’d play a lot and not feel a thing, and other weeks i’d play very little but get pain, and vice versa. Sometimes it would last quite a while, even if I rest up. Other times it would come and go fairly quickly.

Long story short, I hadn’t noticed any pattern to what makes it flair up, until recently...

Having paid more attention recently, I swear there seems to be a relationship with how much i’m eating. Whenever I eat more, the problem seems to disappear. I’ve been making an effort to eat more recently because, ordinarily, I am probably something of a chronic under-eater. It’s not a deliberate thing, it just ties into my lazyness and the hassle of having to make all my own food. I’m the kinda guy who can go without food quite easily, so i’ve always been that way.

TL;DR: When I eat more, the chronic knee problem seems to go away.

So am I onto something here? or is it purely coincidental and I’ve misdiagnosed the causality? I’m not an expert in any of this chit so i’m asking you guys if this is a thing at all. I’ve never heard of anyone being advised “eat more” as a way of treating a muscle injury.

It might have some correlation, although in your situation I would rather find the cause of that knee pain, was it becuase of some accident u ever had or maybe u ever lift weights?

[alltrapbrah]

It might have some correlation, although in your situation I would rather find the cause of that knee pain, was it becuase of some accident u ever had or maybe u ever lift weights?

First noticed it when squatting in my early 20s. It was never overly debilitating so I never bothered to fix it, but I probably should tbh. I figure it’s related to muscle weaknesses/imbalances in my right leg.

[Szyszak]

First noticed it when squatting in my early 20s. It was never overly debilitating so I never bothered to fix it, but I probably should tbh. I figure it’s related to muscle weaknesses/imbalances in my right leg.

most likely right. Offten happens with people who have too strong quads muscles compare to hamstring, but it might be also weakness in glutes and cause of that your knee goes more into internal rotation and put stress on the joint itself. Sport PT can check where the weakness is.