What to do while dealing with runners knee
Basically, I took on too many miles too quick. And boom knee pain even when walking now. I don’t want to stop moving entirely, but I’m just not sure what I should be during this downtime. I’m pretty new to running so only been doing it for about 2 weeks and I’m a little heavier, so it probably beat my legs up. But I love running and don’t want to give it up.
Seconding “talk to your doctor.” Although if I were in your situation I would just take a week off and try again.
Also, are you using a program like couch-to-5k? That has a bunch of walking parts to keep you from going too hard at first.
You may need to drop some ego and accept that you need to start slower and have patience to get to where you want to be.
I’ve found that doing weighted squats (I use the StrongLifts 5x5 barbell program) helps build my quads and glutes. That, in turn, helps my knees because those muscles take the strain off the knees when running. But that is probably more helpful once you are logging more miles.
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