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runrickrun
2 posts since
Oct 6, 2003

Oct 3, 2006 9:42 PM

Help with Knee

I jog/walk 4 miles, three days a week. Slow Running.

Sometimes I get a pain at the start or somewhere in the middle of my routine, then it is gone. The pain is on the my right knee, inside, front, corner on top of the knee.
I have had two ortho surgeries for meniscus tears within a 4 year period.

I am not worried about it, but starting to wonder about it.
Does anyone have an idea of what it could be?

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rfnorman
12 posts since
Sep 22, 2006
1. Oct 5, 2006 6:08 PM in response to: runrickrun
Re: Help with Knee
runrickrun,

Might need a bit more info to get better responses. Is the pain in the same knee you had surgery on? Does it seem to be associated with the knee cap? Is it a sharp pain or dull, or a burning pain?
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runrickrun
2 posts since
Oct 6, 2003
2. Oct 6, 2006 10:33 AM in response to: runrickrun
Re: Help with Knee
Yes same knee for the surgeries.
I do not feel anything from my knee cap at all.
The pain is dull.
I ran yesterday and it came and went.
I was wondering if hitting the ground too hard when I run can cause it?
Can a meniscus tear be my problem still?
Or is it time to see the Doc, again?
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tcrevois
69 posts since
Jul 30, 2007
3. Oct 11, 2006 6:17 PM in response to: runrickrun
Re: Help with Knee
Not a doctor, or anything- but it kind of sounds like ITBS (considering it's on the outside, front of the knee and that it comes and goes).
If you have ITBS you can walk fine and don't get pain until you run for a while...
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