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I've had issues with knee pain my whole life - at first it was because of "growing pains". Any high rep stuff to muscle fatigue I've tried causes pain for seve
by sbov 16y ago
I've had issues with knee pain my whole life - at first it was because of "growing pains".
Any high rep stuff to muscle fatigue I've tried causes pain for several days. But strength training helps it in general and makes it a non-issue in day to day life.
As always, YMMV.
- billswift 16y agoYou may have an issue similar to mine. As the result of several minor injuries in my late teens I had many joints x-rayed at different times over a few years, and every doctor commented that my joints were odd, at one point the doctor had my other wrist x-rayed so he could compare it to the injured one. The bones in my joints are further apart than is normal. This results in a greater risk of injury to some joints, so one of my main reasons for weight lifting is specifically to strengthen the muscles that stabilize the joints.
- jacabado 16y agoI also have a bad knee, I guess from repeatedly hitting the ground with it while playing handball when I was young(<20). It started to be really painful in long car rides, whenever I standed up for long times or had long walks but it never bothered me when I had played some sport. A year ago I got into a gym and I feared that my knee would break down, amazingly I learnt what you refer to, that weight lifting is one of the best ways to strengthen muscles that are important to the joints. When I thought of weight lifting I just thought of stressing the body, my idea now is completely different, weight lifting is a way of activating some of your more obscure muscles. Never again I got any complain from that knee.
- enjo 16y agoI assume you've had this looked at? I have chronic patellar tendonitis, brought on from a tragic lack of flexibility in my quads. After about a year of physical therapy, I've definitely gone a long ways towards alleviating the pain.