Leg chaos

[Katie1309]

Soooooo bit of a long story but recently I got diagnosed with arthritis in my ankle (due to injury as a child) couple with the outer ligament having pretty much disappeared (I have strong tendons apparently - good seeing as its the only thing holding my foot together!) and I've been unable to train legs since the diagnosis until the specialist said its OK - so a good month or so if not more off legs.

Anyhooooo since the diagnosis and lack of training my bad knee (5x dislocation, surgery, been fine for years now) has been giving me shooting pains whilst walking (not all the time but one step or so at a certain angle) and yesterday just standing intense sort of cracking time pain in two spots like something needed to go back into place. SO my question is - do you think the knee pain could be just deterioration of the muscle due to lack of training and its getting weak again? Naturally I'm terrified that I'm gonna get the same diagnosis for my knee as my ankle. I knowI need to go back to the physio and get ore xrays and another scan etc but I cant do all of that on a saturday morning! It was giving me grief yesterday so I thought I'd ask

[Danomyte]

Oh man - sounds like a horror story re: 5 dislocations

SO my question is - do you think the knee pain could be just deterioration of the muscle due to lack of training and its getting weak again?

It might be deeper than just lack of training here - just using my own experience here.

Someone with a bit more book smarts can clarify this if I'm wrong here - the hip, knee and ankle are all in a chain reaction - ie. If you have over pronated feet, it can cause - caving in knees & internally rotating hips, which can lead to weak vmo (inner quads), weak glutes, which can lead to back, hip, knee and ankle injuries.

I'm no expert but I find doing specific glute work helps any knee issues I have from time-to-time - like doing band x-walks or clams or anything to strengthen your posterior glute medius muscles.

I'm not saying this will fix your knee or will solve your problem - but just a different perspective of looking to fix your knee by looking at you ankles (ie. shoes) and hips (ie. glute weakness).

2 tala and 20 sene worth

[HarryB]

Oh man - sounds like a horror story re: 5 dislocations

SO my question is - do you think the knee pain could be just deterioration of the muscle due to lack of training and its getting weak again?

It might be deeper than just lack of training here - just using my own experience here.

Someone with a bit more book smarts can clarify this if I'm wrong here - the hip, knee and ankle are all in a chain reaction - ie. If you have over pronated feet, it can cause - caving in knees & internally rotating hips, which can lead to weak vmo (inner quads), weak glutes, which can lead to back, hip, knee and ankle injuries.

I'm no expert but I find doing specific glute work helps any knee issues I have from time-to-time - like doing band x-walks or clams or anything to strengthen your posterior glute medius muscles.

I'm not saying this will fix your knee or will solve your problem - but just a different perspective of looking to fix your knee by looking at you ankles (ie. shoes) and hips (ie. glute weakness).

2 tala and 20 sene worth

absolutely this!!! That's probably 50 tala's worth btw he he he he

[Katie1309]

Righto thanks lads - back to ankle specialist friday and back to proper training this week and hope it helps we shall sort the stupid knee in due course!!