RUNNING WITH RUNNER'S KNEE: A few things you NEED to know about knee pain

Running with runner's knee. If you're running with knee pain, you probably know that taking a rest from running (or reducing your weekly training load) will help your knee pain to recover. The question is: how do you know whether you need to take days, weeks or even months off from running to cure your patellofemoral pain syndrome.

In this video, I'm going to show you one of the most important aspects of your knee pain to understand. Once you think about your knee pain in terms of severity and irritability, you'll be able to make sensible decisions about whether or not you'd be better served by resting your knee and allowing it to heal.

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ABOUT ME: I'm James Dunne, a runner, sports rehabilitation therapist (similar to physical therapist) and coach based in the UK (Norwich and London).

Since 2007 I've been working with athletes focusing specifically on helping distance runners and triathletes overcome injury and improve performance through developing their individual running technique.

Running biomechanics and physical therapy are real passions of mine. I love to help runners run strong and stay injury free.

#Running #JamesDunne #PhysicalTherapy

[PM-gfnj]

Don’t run through pain. Correct your mechanics, you can and will run, but if you are in pain, you need to set things straight with your body first.

[michaelrichardson]

currently going through epic runners knee pain at the minute well-timed video. cheers

[peaceandpeaks]

I touch your toes please saved my life from this knee problem... My life is hell without running

[TheCkhutton]

Ran 60 miles last Sunday and my right knee has been dealing this since. Ran 3 miles yesterday and it came back after half a mile.

[harrisaziz]

A brilliant video. I’ve had runners knee since the end of January. I’ve taken a long break since then and the pain is no longer there. Also will focus on strengthening the knee and legs in general and then ease my way back into running. Great video

[pereiraplaza]

You really remind me of Marshall from How I met your Mother.

[teresaribeiro]

I don’t feel pain while running or walking. My knee pain is when I am not doing anything like during the night, normally after a running day. I have been running much less now. Will try the strengthening exercises. Thanks

[thechemi]

I decided to Run on my hurt knee, Terrible idea...my knee hurts even more now and I've decided to completely stop until it feels better 100%.

[TomLarkin_]

It’s as if this video was made just for me! So clear and relevant to people’s actual experiences and thought processes. Thank you.

[wtfnoo]

My knee begins to hurt (while running but not while cycling) when I start approaching the 2 km mark and gets more uncomfortable if I push running a bit more although the pain subsides within an hour of rest/less movement. I've observed this trend for quite a while now, what should i do?

[charmainelumangyao]

I have runner knee pain on my right knee especially when I do running on descending ground 😭 its really frustrating 😩 this is the only sport that Im really serious.

[constantinofernandez]

I ran for almost 2 hours and had this horrible pain in my knee and I came to the conclusion it was runners knee next day I was going to train my brother in law and I decided to run with pain with him lol I'm so dumb now I can't walk

[andresgduarte]

James, you are awesome! thank you so much for this videos. Would using an elliptical machine instead of running be a good replacement? I dont have acces to a bike or a pool to keep my fitness while I rest my knee from running? thanks!

[MilesBe]

I was pretty curious to know what you were going to say. I totally agree!
It's all about strengthening those key muscles and engaging the right muscles with proper form.
Thanks James for a great video!

[owney]

21 miles into a great run and my knee locked up so painful

[clayleslie]

What if I show all the signs and symptoms of runners knee, except it doesn't hurt when I run, but I've had it for around 5 months now?

[BLaZeclaps]

I have it but it’s not to bad I can still practice and go to meets but Ik I should take it easy

[cyclemike]

An excellent video James, many thanks.

[antonyweisstock]

Thanks James! Following your exercises for knee pain saved my passion for running! Question: I am a heel/midsole strike runner. I have increased my cadence to cure my knee pain (and it works!), but now I seem to shuffle or slide on my forefoot. It is noisy and my balance forward and rearward seems poor when I run. Could my problem be from a lack of strength in my quads? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!

[basicdose.]

I don't run. I just walk. Nevertheless I have runners knee. It feels like a compliment.