knee pain

thedudeman · Post by **thedudeman** » 11 Aug 2010 20:25

so ive been training pretty hard lately, two hours a day with minimal breaks only consisting of drills, mainly because i shred 3 times a week with crew
and it seems my knees and hips dont like it, my hips are easy to fix with simple stretches, but my right knee doesnt seem to like what im doing, theres a pain on the inside of it that just wont go away, everything else seems to be building a tolerance to the pounding and excersise except for the knee[/code]

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 12 Aug 2010 10:43

There are a number of things you can try, but sounds like your knee is taking its time building up muscle. Stretches, icing, and heating help my knee pains... along with some REST. 2 hours a day every day is pretty intense. Not saying it can't be done, but maybe take more breaks.

Look around at the other knee threads as well, there's some good stuff in there.

thedudeman · Post by **thedudeman** » 12 Aug 2010 17:13

im afraid breaks are not an option, my head will explode
i will take your advise though and try and take it easy and do the icing and stuff as well

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 13 Aug 2010 14:04

doing quad (upper front leg) stretches and rolling the quad muscle on a foam roller helped my knee recover. But I also did physio which probably helped the most.

MathieuGM · Post by **MathieuGM** » 14 Aug 2010 12:26

I'm not a knee specialist, but here are some advice.

1-Put some ice on your knee after the session. That will decrease inflamation and all that stuff. Never put ice on your knee before a session, because than you don't feel pain and you can increase the injury.
2-I don't know what kind of pain you have. Is it more muscle pain or joint pain? If it is joint pain, Glucosamine supplement can help.
3-Avoid as much as possible to play when you knee hurt. I understand you want to play, but the fact is that in a long term, you'll be better at footbag with healthy knee to play on then with lots of pratice but destroyed knees

. But yes, it's hard to do not play when you want to haha. So take some day off whenever you need to... Playing 3 days a week is enough to get better. If your body can take more, then go for it.
4-Sleep a lot. It's during the night that you body will recover the most. If you really wnat to make footbag a big part of you life, having good night is definitly important. That allow you to train more and to avoid some kind of injury.
5-Look at the insole of your shoes. Do you still use the crappy sole that come with lavers? Or do you use a good insole. There are plenty of good insole, but make sure to have a good one. Also, when you mod you sole, make sure that it doesn't affect the stability of your foot. Some people cut the inside part of the sol too much to make sure it doesn'T interfer when you do a clipper. Still, if you feel that a part of your foot isn't supported cause of that, it's not good.
6-Analyse the way you play. Is your landing good? Do you land on your heel or on your toes? Landing on the toes is definitly important. Also, do you try some tricks that you body isn't ready for? Trying double down or far symposium whirl when you can barely do down and whirl can be problematic, because your muscles might not be ready for that and your motion might not be perfect. I'm not saying that this is what you do, but if you do so, think about it

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7-On wich surface do you play on? Concrete surface (like the sidewalk) are really hard for the knee and the back because they bascially have no absorption. Try to avoid to play on these kind of surfaces as much as possible. If you can find an indoor spot with a good carpet, or an athletism surface (for running), it's definitly better. Also, some people play on ''mats''. Personnaly, i don't really like them because the feeling is a bit weird. But it's really god for the knee and the back. There are some post about that in the section ''bags and equipement''. You can find some for fairly cheap. When i had more back problem, that helped me.

I think i said basicaly everything that can help you. If you have any question, just ask, i will try to answer as good as i can. If somebody else know something i haven't said there, or if someone disagree with something i said, just comment

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Mat

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 17 Aug 2010 17:42

Great post, Mathieu!

MathieuGM · Post by **MathieuGM** » 17 Aug 2010 18:47

Thx. I'm glad someone read it haha.