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Knee Problem

  • 29-07-2010 8:31am
    #1
    Tester46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭


    After many years of running down mountains at speed, my knees are now a bit sore and creaky. Also, I'm mid-30s so I'm no spring chicken. I am relatively fit though and can happily run 10k in about 50-55 mins on a treadmill (but I generally don't run much due to those sore and creaky knees).

    I'd like to train for a marathon next year. How likely is it that my knees will decide otherwise? Should I even be trying? Before I decide, should I see a physio or a doctor?


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  • #2
    RoyMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭RoyMcC


    Your GP will tell you 'no' to be on the safe side. Up to you if you want to pay for a physio. In your position I'd certainly start a training programme and listen carefully to my body. You know it better than anyone else. If you start to struggle then that's the time I'd call on specialist advice.


  • #3
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Tester46 wrote: »
    After many years of running down mountains at speed, my knees are now a bit sore and creaky. Also, I'm mid-30s so I'm no spring chicken. I am relatively fit though and can happily run 10k in about 50-55 mins on a treadmill (but I generally don't run much due to those sore and creaky knees).

    I'd like to train for a marathon next year. How likely is it that my knees will decide otherwise? Should I even be trying? Before I decide, should I see a physio or a doctor?

    This thread will be locked super (too???) quickly but knee pain covers a whole multiude of sins. Anything from quads being too tight and causing knee caps to tracking incorrectly, to serious structural problems.

    First things first to to identify what exactly is you knee pain and for that you need someone with experience, most on here would recommend physios (I wouldn't) but I think we'd all be agreed GPs are useless. Find a physio that is a runner and go ask them what they think the cause of the problem is.

    Once you know what your knee problem is then you should be able to determine (from the physio or online) if a marathon is sensible.


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