Tender Knee - is it knee bursitis?

I am sure you will get some answers here, but it is your knee. Knees are
many peoples worst fear and I am grateful I have not had many problems yet.
I suggest you see a specialist about it. There is no sense in messing
around.

Curt

"ChronoFish" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello,

Last year in my "off season" I was playing some "touch" football and

landed on

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my left knee - which hurt quite a bit. This was at the beginning of

December.

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The pain continued as a dull ache - especially when ascending stairs -
immediately above the knee.

It slowly recovered to just hurting on stairs - especially if my joints

were

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cold. I began to lift and stretch and found that it helped in the

recovery.

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Fast forward to today, and I have put in a very healthy four months of

base

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training, but I am now starting to feel the dull ache again. It is very

limited

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to a 1 inch by 1/2 inch strip just above the knee. Putting pressure on

that

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area feels good.

It does not hurt at all while I run. Even if I do hills. But the pain
intensifies once I stop running. I don't really notice any swelling, but

my

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knees do turn a little red after running.

On the bike I am aware of it, and it hurts if I have to push a heavy gear

(when

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the terrain forces me to drop below 80rpm - I normally push around 95).

This is

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really the only place I feel that it limits me - biking on the hills.

I do feel it as I sit here at the computer - even with my legs stretched

out.

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And of course on the stairs.

Any thoughts?

-CF

I agree with curt, I had knee surgury a year ago and it is not the same, go
see a Ortho. Dr.
jon
"curt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I am sure you will get some answers here, but it is your knee. Knees are
many peoples worst fear and I am grateful I have not had many problems

yet.

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I suggest you see a specialist about it. There is no sense in messing
around.

Curt

"ChronoFish" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello,

Last year in my "off season" I was playing some "touch" football and

landed on

Quoted message said:

my left knee - which hurt quite a bit. This was at the beginning of

December.

Quoted message said:

The pain continued as a dull ache - especially when ascending stairs -
immediately above the knee.

It slowly recovered to just hurting on stairs - especially if my joints

were

Quoted message said:

cold. I began to lift and stretch and found that it helped in the

recovery.

Quoted message said:

Fast forward to today, and I have put in a very healthy four months of

base

Quoted message said:

training, but I am now starting to feel the dull ache again. It is very

limited

Quoted message said:

to a 1 inch by 1/2 inch strip just above the knee. Putting pressure on

that

Quoted message said:

area feels good.

It does not hurt at all while I run. Even if I do hills. But the pain
intensifies once I stop running. I don't really notice any swelling,

but

Quoted message said:

my

Quoted message said:

knees do turn a little red after running.

On the bike I am aware of it, and it hurts if I have to push a heavy

gear

Quoted message said:

(when

Quoted message said:

the terrain forces me to drop below 80rpm - I normally push around 95).

This is

Quoted message said:

really the only place I feel that it limits me - biking on the hills.

I do feel it as I sit here at the computer - even with my legs stretched

out.

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And of course on the stairs.

Any thoughts?

-CF

Yes, go to see a doctor. However it doesn't sound like bursitis.

IM

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I agree with curt, I had knee surgury a year ago and it is not the same,

go

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see a Ortho. Dr.
jon
"curt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I am sure you will get some answers here, but it is your knee. Knees

are

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many peoples worst fear and I am grateful I have not had many problems

yet.

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I suggest you see a specialist about it. There is no sense in messing
around.

Curt

"ChronoFish" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello,

Last year in my "off season" I was playing some "touch" football and

landed on

Quoted message said:

my left knee - which hurt quite a bit. This was at the beginning of

December.

Quoted message said:

The pain continued as a dull ache - especially when ascending stairs -
immediately above the knee.

It slowly recovered to just hurting on stairs - especially if my

joints

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

were

Quoted message said:

cold. I began to lift and stretch and found that it helped in the

recovery.

Quoted message said:

Fast forward to today, and I have put in a very healthy four months of

base

Quoted message said:

training, but I am now starting to feel the dull ache again. It is

very

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

limited

Quoted message said:

to a 1 inch by 1/2 inch strip just above the knee. Putting pressure

on

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

that

Quoted message said:

area feels good.

It does not hurt at all while I run. Even if I do hills. But the pain
intensifies once I stop running. I don't really notice any swelling,

but

Quoted message said:

my

Quoted message said:

knees do turn a little red after running.

On the bike I am aware of it, and it hurts if I have to push a heavy

gear

Quoted message said:

(when

Quoted message said:

the terrain forces me to drop below 80rpm - I normally push around

95).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

This is

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really the only place I feel that it limits me - biking on the hills.

I do feel it as I sit here at the computer - even with my legs

stretched

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out.

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And of course on the stairs.

Any thoughts?

-CF

"Ironman" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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Yes, go to see a doctor. However it doesn't sound like bursitis.

try googling with "housemaid's knee" (incl. spelling variancies coz I'm
Dutch and it could be spelt otherwise).
it may be.... a housemaid's knee and in that case it will slowly go away.

Bert L.am

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"ChronoFish" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<6uvoc.22856$%o1.8345@lakeread03>...

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Hello,

Last year in my "off season" I was playing some "touch" football and landed on
my left knee - which hurt quite a bit. This was at the beginning of December.
The pain continued as a dull ache - especially when ascending stairs -
immediately above the knee.

It slowly recovered to just hurting on stairs - especially if my joints were
cold. I began to lift and stretch and found that it helped in the recovery.
Fast forward to today, and I have put in a very healthy four months of base
training, but I am now starting to feel the dull ache again. It is very limited
to a 1 inch by 1/2 inch strip just above the knee. Putting pressure on that
area feels good.

I agree with the doctor advice. If it's preventing you from training,
go get it checked out by someone who really knows what the hell is
going on.

I'm not sure if what happened to me is the same injury as yours or
not. I was playing ultimate and got knocked off my feet. I landed
hard on my right knee. For a while afterwards, I felt dull pain *but*
mine felt like it was directly underneath my patella. Like a
patella-sized painful bruise under the bone.

I also had no pain while running but my knee would just ache / be
stiff afterwards. Also had problems with the bike. Somehow biking
seemed to pull my knee cap back on to the bruise.

However...If I pushed directly above or below the cap the pain went
away, *but* if I rested directly on it, the pain intensified.

Over about a year time the pain faded. It was like a big bruise
fading except I couldn't see the bruise and it took longer to heal...

~b

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It does not hurt at all while I run. Even if I do hills. But the pain
intensifies once I stop running. I don't really notice any swelling, but my
knees do turn a little red after running.

On the bike I am aware of it, and it hurts if I have to push a heavy gear (when
the terrain forces me to drop below 80rpm - I normally push around 95). This is
really the only place I feel that it limits me - biking on the hills.

I do feel it as I sit here at the computer - even with my legs stretched out.
And of course on the stairs.

Any thoughts?

-CF

The current issue of Runners World has a nice little diagnostic chart
dividing knee problems into four categories. Yours sound like type A.
They do have some therapy suggestions.