Left Knee Pain for 10 months?
I was training for a marathon about a year ago and was doing great. I made it through my 22 run with no problems. On an easy 6 mile run, my left knee started to hurt. The pain was sharp and stabbing and I was unable to finish the run. The pain was (and still is) in the lower/lateral side of my left knee. I am fine during normal activity, but if I try to step it up to running, elliptical machine or anything that requires "pushing off" on the leg the pain returns. I have been to three different ortho/sports medicine doctors over the year and have received two different diagnosis: IT band syndrome and Arthritis in my knee (although I have not had a MRI and my xray looked fine). I have had 3 cortisone injections, received syn-visc injections, completed PT, got orthotics, visited a chiropractor, done massage, had active release, etc... After all of that, the pain is still there. My current doc (who is a sports doc) tells me that I need to have patience, but after year my patience is waning. Any ideas? Could this be a torn meniscus or something like that? Should I push for an MRI? I'm starting to be very frustrated and am not sure what I should do...please help :)!
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1. Your pain is caused by the muscle for your kneecap having tightened up, pulling your kneecap up on and into the knee. This is so small a move that it doesn't show up on the x-rays or MRI's so it will always be missed by your dr.'s. They want to see what is wrong and you can't see tight muscles so with them you will remain in pain. You have to release the muscle for the kneecap to get this pain to go away. Here's how to do that:Kneecaps:
Do while sitting on a chair with no front cross braces between the legs.
While sitting have your leg resting in a stretched position. Place both your thumbs, side by side, about 2 inches behind the kneecap and press down into your leg hard and then redirect the pressure a little towards the kneecap. After 30 seconds, slowly slide your foot back and under your chair as far as it will go, release the pressure but hold your foot there for another 30 seconds
The important part of this is the pressure on the leg, if there isn't enough this won't take. If that happens try it again right away. some people find it too hard to get enough pressure on it themselves so they have someone else help them. Just make sure they keep their fingers together in the middle of your muscle to make this work.
