MrGlass01
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yeah it was rough and the type if tear i had either had to be repaired or removed. i repaired it that is why such a long recovery.
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Inner side of knee pain. HELP PLEASE
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CrackerJacks
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Didnt see if it was mentioned but after playing soccer for 20 years I've heard and felt the described feeling. It may be tendonitis, which can flare up due to more activity. Do not be afraid to stretch, it looks stupid but there is no shame in it. After a week of play with proper stretching if the pain is still there then see a doctor.
aardvarkious
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I throw the same, and had the exact same issue. Went to see a doctor. I had strained my MCL. I now don't have this issue. Two things I did to fix it:
I got a knee brace. It cost me $30 at the drug store. This force me to not rotate my knee as much. It took about half a round to get used to, but actually increased my power quite a bit. After a while, it also helped me build better technique- even without the brace, I don't put nearly as much strain on my knee.
I also went to one session of physio and got some exercises to do. These should not be done if your knee is sore: let it heal first. But they will help it not get sore in the future. The main two are:
Stand behind a chair. Slowly stand up on the toes of your affected leg. Hold yourself fully extended for a few seconds, slowly come down. Once you can do this good, do it without the chair. Once you can do that good, close your eyes to do it (closing your eyes takes more balance and therefore more strength. Do this 10 times, rest, do it 10 times again, rest, do it ten times again.
Stand up with your feet a little less than shoulder length apart. Take point your right toe in as far as is comfortable. Lift your foot an inch, rotate it outwards a bit, put it down. Keep on doing this until it is pointed as far out as is comfortable. It should take you ~10 lifts to get it pointing all the way out. Now repeat that in the opposite direction until your foot is pointed all the way in. Repeat a few times.
I got a knee brace. It cost me $30 at the drug store. This force me to not rotate my knee as much. It took about half a round to get used to, but actually increased my power quite a bit. After a while, it also helped me build better technique- even without the brace, I don't put nearly as much strain on my knee.
I also went to one session of physio and got some exercises to do. These should not be done if your knee is sore: let it heal first. But they will help it not get sore in the future. The main two are:
Stand behind a chair. Slowly stand up on the toes of your affected leg. Hold yourself fully extended for a few seconds, slowly come down. Once you can do this good, do it without the chair. Once you can do that good, close your eyes to do it (closing your eyes takes more balance and therefore more strength. Do this 10 times, rest, do it 10 times again, rest, do it ten times again.
Stand up with your feet a little less than shoulder length apart. Take point your right toe in as far as is comfortable. Lift your foot an inch, rotate it outwards a bit, put it down. Keep on doing this until it is pointed as far out as is comfortable. It should take you ~10 lifts to get it pointing all the way out. Now repeat that in the opposite direction until your foot is pointed all the way in. Repeat a few times.
Just bringing this back because I'm dealing with this now. The pain in the inner plant knee is more than likely a meniscus tear. These are 2 cushions, one on each side, in between the knee. It's more than likely caused due to planing your foot solid and your knee rotates but the bottom part of your leg does not. I'm wearing a heavy duty knee brace that keeps the cushion in place, it 100% works but like others said, this does not heal on it's own. Scar tissue grows around it and makes you think it's healed, and then that gets torn, more pain, etc, etc. Surgery is really the only long term solution. ugh....
I had this problem too. It was during a time I was focusing on pivoting. I think what really fixed it was for the most part I believe your body knows how to correctly accomplish most tasks to not damage yourself. When you are trying to learn to plant your "trying to hard". So to stop the pain after rounds in my plant knee I just try to be relaxed and let my body do whatever it does that prevent injuries. Blake t says a hard plant is a byproduct of good form. If your focusing on planting hard your prolly not allowing your body to naturally pivot, so let the brain think before the throw and trust the body to accomplish it.
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^^ I don't know that it's more than likely a meniscus, it's just as likely an MCL, or arthritis with the info at hand.
BALANCED FINISH POSITION
It's all about being in balance on the front leg through the finish which means it helps to be in balance at the start of the throw. If your balance is on the front leg during the swing, there's little stress on the joints to pivot freely. Just stand upright on one leg in your room and pivot on your heel, it should be pretty easy and feel no torque. You feel torque when your other foot is on the ground with weight/balance still on it. The knee does not rotate, it wasn't meant to rotate, it moves up/down in a squatting motion. The straightening of the knee during the swing releases torque since it's a jumping motion which also gets the pressure off the leg in the finish.
BALANCED FINISH POSITION
It's all about being in balance on the front leg through the finish which means it helps to be in balance at the start of the throw. If your balance is on the front leg during the swing, there's little stress on the joints to pivot freely. Just stand upright on one leg in your room and pivot on your heel, it should be pretty easy and feel no torque. You feel torque when your other foot is on the ground with weight/balance still on it. The knee does not rotate, it wasn't meant to rotate, it moves up/down in a squatting motion. The straightening of the knee during the swing releases torque since it's a jumping motion which also gets the pressure off the leg in the finish.
TheC-Hill
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I have pain in my knee that is more focused on the inner side but spreads throughout the knee cap. Doctor said it is patellar tendonitis (injured tendon connecting your kneecap and shinbone). For me, it seems the tendonitis developed from volleyball (I played in highschool). Idealistically, it needs to be rested for an extended period before continuing physical activity but I haven't been able to do that so I still have pain. Stretching and ice definitely help for me but it wont truly heal without that rest
My lengthy experience with knee pain and injuries is that the actual problem is almost never what I think it is.
That often, stretching is the cure. It's amazing how much knee pain comes from tight hamstrings and, I guess, other tendons, ligaments, and muscles.
And that sometimes surgery is the only answer. (My self-diagnosis of torn MCL was, in fact, torn meniscus).
And that if it persists more than a couple of weeks, it's better to find out what the problem really is, than keep guessing.
That often, stretching is the cure. It's amazing how much knee pain comes from tight hamstrings and, I guess, other tendons, ligaments, and muscles.
And that sometimes surgery is the only answer. (My self-diagnosis of torn MCL was, in fact, torn meniscus).
And that if it persists more than a couple of weeks, it's better to find out what the problem really is, than keep guessing.
Bunsel
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I can relate to just about all of the above posts! Too many footballs kicked in my youth, high school, college, and adult coaching days. Just turned 57 this year without much mishap on my body, but sadly to say I have surgery scheduled in two weeks for my torn MCL. I played probably at least 20 rounds here in cold and snowy Ohio during January, and now the weather is starting to turn and I will need to chill for awhile. I guess better now though than later!
Knee problems suck because they throw all confidence out the door regarding x-step, pivot, plant, etc. But ironic as it may seem...since all this happened I'm throwing much better than ever. This injury has forced me to slow way down and that has helped me correct other things in my game too.
Despite my vast respect for the sage wisdom found in the annuls of DGCR, the RN in me says.....GO SEE A DOCTOR, man. Good luck, hope it turns out to me something quickly resolvable.
CaptainAnhyzer
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Make sure you're rotating on your heel.
Rotating off your toe causes some unusual torque on your knee, which may be causing this pain.
Rotating off your toe causes some unusual torque on your knee, which may be causing this pain.
I may suggest going to a couple of doctors or at least to the right doctor the first time. I went to an independent "specialist" because of the cheap visit, he was wrong about everything. "Oh it's nothing it'll be okay looks like you need to ice it and it'll heal with time. I'm not concerned about it." My knee kept giving out and it was progressively getting worse so I went to another doctor, one of the best in my state, and he claimed it was one of the worst cases he had seen in years and insisted I have surgery right away.
