Hi all
Was wanting advice. I'm training for Great North Run and Liverpool Marathon(second one) and a few weeks ago started getting pain on the outside of my right knee after a few miles running.I was up to 18 miles on my long runs. I have been off running for a few weeks and just cycling, icing my knee and using ibuprofen. I played football the other night and noticed that my right foot doesn't point straight ahead like my left. I therefore started to consciously turn my right foot in to point straight ahead and the pain on the outside of my knee stopped, but i then had a slight strain on the inside of my foot and inside knee. Any thoughts or advice would be really helpful. I will definitely get a physio appointment and am going to stay off running for another two weeks as on holiday so will do pool running/swimming.
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How is the lateral knee pain now? Was it runners knee, Illiotibal band syndrome?
what strengthening exercises are you doing? I'm starting to get similar pain.
Hello all can I join the club .....
I ran my secnd marathon last weekend - I took a bit of a risk folowing through on the event as I started to get a slight pain and had noticeable swelling in my left knee during the last few weeks of training - a bit like Richard it was when I was up at the 18 mile long run stage ......My knee ached slightly before starting on Sunday which was obviously a bit of a worry but it was in Amsterdam , a few friends were over with me so I opted to go with it .... fortunately the knee held up very well
My theory is that I simply compressed my training - I was far better at following a schedule on my first marathon but started a few weeks too late on my second and tried to catch up by pushing the pace and piling on the miles ......
I am going to physio tomorrow so will pass on any tips but I suspect the advice will be spread out the training !