Have any of you frequent squatters ever had this? Man it sucks. It hurts when I go ass-to-grass and extend my leg fully. What have you guys done to combat this?
yeah, i know what you’re going through. i had that problem all through h.s. (3 yrs or so ago). its pretty much gone away now but it was a bitch at one time. all you can do to my knowledge is try to control the effects of the syndrome by icing your knee(s) (this was pretty much a ritual for me) and taking anti-inflamitory drugs. i’ve found that relafen worked pretty well for this purpose. my friend had a prescription for it for tendonitis in his knee so i always bummed the stuff off him. you could probably go to the doctor and get prescribed that. i had to pretty much stay away from squatting during all that time due to the pain. i had to use the leg press machine instead, which can make you look strong, but doesn’t give you near the workout. beyond that, i don’t have much advice. my trainers in high school were idiots and they really had no idea what they were talking about aside from reading verbatim from their cheat sheet. i had to do leg exercises but those didn’t seem to help at all. sorry, this doesn’t help a whole lot (just a bunch of rambling) but i know what you’re going through.
Yeah, I’ve had the same problem for about a year now. The only thing that has helped is going lighter in the weights and reducing the exercise volume. I also take glucosamine. Not sure it has helped, but I figure it can’t hurt. I am my worst enemy. I want to train hard and sometimes I push myself too hard. That has been the biggest hindrance to recovery.
Paul, one PT told me I had this and another said it was tendonitis. Either way, I have a feeling it’s the same thing you are going through. I had to stop squatting for some time. Also, I iced it and took anti-inflammatories. I recently went back to squatting with lighter weights and am slowly building myself up. I’m also getting massage therapy to help break up some tissue around my medial quad. And I too am now taking Glucosamine Sulfate.
You’ll need to take it easy for a little while and let any swelling go down. Then slowly start upping your exerice levels. I started back with in-line skating and then biking. Since I had no pain, I started doing light weight leg stuff.
I had this for about a year. I attribute it
to a combination of overtraining and “slipping” on form. I was doing heavy squats
once per week, without problems, then I added in heavy deadlifts too, and then the problem
started. Sometimes what causes this is turning
your foot/ankle “inward” while squating or
deadlifting. It puts odd stress on the knee.
I solved this problem by taking some time off
from squats and deadlifts. I didn’t stop
training legs totally - I opted for hack
squats, stiff deads, and quad/ham extensions.
I also wore a knee brace a lot of the time
during the recovery period, and I think that
really helped me a lot. Maybe you could give
that a try. Now I’m back to 100% - I just make
sure I maintain very strict form of my feet
& ankles when sqauting and deadlifting.
After having 3 knee surgaries I thought my knee was fully rehabed. I could do half squats with no problem, so I began doing full squats my form was perfect but my knee would swell for days later. I than decided I would never go ass to the floor but rather do 6/8ths of a full squat. That worked much better. Also stretch you hipflexors, adductors, glutes, and hams, (PNF) before squating.
I forgot to mention: I think a lack of
flexibility for squating is a potentially
big contributor to this problem. I would
recommend doing very thourough stretching
before squating. Try Ian King’s stretching
program. This may sound strange, but I would
also recommend stretching the muscles in the
front of your shin, as well as foot and
ankle muscles. I had trouble doing full squats
(even though I was pretty flexible) until
I started stretching the muscles in the front
of my shin. Hope that helps.
Get a thorough ART evaluation. There are literally too many problem areas to go into without a direct exam. Spend ing time on stretching the hip flexors, ant. lower leg muscles, calf musculature, quads, hams, glutes, and lower back muscles. Believe it or not the problem can be in the intertransveri muscles of the spine, adductors, or connective tissue such as the knee jt capsule, patella tendon, etc. You will not fix it without the active release. Other forms of care do not have the specificity to totally correct it.