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My left knee has been causing me issues for a while. It doesn't stop me cycling but it makes it painful at times, if you're suffering, hope this helps.


Problem;

Pain under patella, to side of knee, stretching up my thigh towards my hip. All in the left knee. Right knee is fine. Also pain after prolonged riding in left hip/lowerback.

Pain occurrs when pushing down on the left leg, on flat or uphill sections of track/road.




Possibilities;

Done a large amount of basketball over years. Combined with large amount of road cycling, may have been contributory factors.

Problem has really only flared up in past month and I considered it being a saddle problem however I've tried the saddle in all sorts of positions and found it makes no difference to my knee.



Diagnosis;

Don't like to use the internet for medical stuff, as you can generally find a problem to match your pain and self diagnose very incorrectly, but this was such a common problem for many many people that can begin very quickly and matches exactly with my symptoms.

Iliotibial Band Syndrome. basically an inflammation of an area on the outer side of the thigh that runs from the hip to the outside of the knee onto the top of the shin, that can irritate the patella as they connect which each stress flex of the knee.



Solution;

Rest, obviously.

There's a stretch that can help, but won't solve the problem.

To enable continued exercise, ice packs are strongly suggested to the whole area, as well as physio, but a simpler remedy is a knee support that concentrates on the specific location, generally they are either a strap that goes above the knee, or one that goes directly under the kneecap, though there are some available that do both, but they look a little like they'd suffer from trying to do to 2 jobs in 1.]]> Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:08:21 Keith http://www.sketchymtb.co.uk/sketchymtb/Blah.pl?m-1279201633/ http://www.sketchymtb.co.uk/sketchymtb/Blah.pl?m-1279201633/#num1 ]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:47:13 Laggingbehind http://www.sketchymtb.co.uk/sketchymtb/Blah.pl?m-1277749468/ http://www.sketchymtb.co.uk/sketchymtb/Blah.pl?m-1277749468/#num1 . It took me about 5 minutes to get in the house - hope the neighbours didn't see me! Saturday evening / Sunday morning fine but during Sunday I could feel my left calf tightening. Now it's hurting just walking and I'm sure I've got a calf strain. I don't remember any specific incident on the ride but did pull a few jumps over logs / branches (possible cause?). Anyone else got any thoughts or experience of this? I read on t'internet that a light cycle should be fine but I don't want to make it worse and end up out for a long time.  Any help on this appreciated!   ]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:24:28 1600e http://www.sketchymtb.co.uk/sketchymtb/Blah.pl?m-1276975336/ http://www.sketchymtb.co.uk/sketchymtb/Blah.pl?m-1276975336/#num1
i dont know anything about weight loss or anything so if people could give me some ideas/help to lose the weight so i can do this

all help much appreciated

Bill]]> Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:22:16 Hardtailstar