My Knee

Ok - no secret that my left knee has been bothering me since the spring. After some good stretching, the knee pain holds off until the 8-10 mile marks. But, with marathon training beginning in earnest in a few days, my knee needs attention.

I looked up some sports medicine docs in my health care system, and there is a good clinic right in Eagan, but I don't want to spend the money on doctor visits if it's not really necessary.

So I talked to Andrew, Cis's beau, who is a physical therapist. He gave me his diagnosis (best he could over the phone) - he thinks it's patella tracking. I'll look it up later. But basically he said I need to really stretch my hamstrings and quads, and strengthen my quads. He gave me some easy strengthening exercises to do 3 times a day. I'm going to really do it - so I can finally move past this knee trouble.

The other thing I really need to do is hold my weekly mile increases to 10%. I do think my knee pain is due to overuse, need for stretching and need for quad strength.

Andrew - I'm on it!