Top 3 Reasons for Knee Pain with Running
Are you running more these days? Has knee pain started to get in the way?
Knee pain doesn’t mean you have to take time off or be scared of injury, damage or surgery!
There are ways to customize your workouts to get out of pain! No time-off, rest or ice necessary.
So, here are the Top 3 Reasons for Knee Pain with Running:
Hip Mobility - yep, the hip bone IS connected to the knee bone. The more mobile our hips are, the less pressure there will be on your knee. By improving hip mobility, you can get back to runing!
Lack of Lateral Training - This means adding more side-to-side movements in your cross training. This helps to strengthen the muscles on the insides and outsides of your knee to prevent pain!
Ankle Mobility - Did you know your calves work harder than any muscle when you run?! Having adequate and symmetrical calf strength is crucial for running, If one side is weaker, that will place additional pressure on the knee with running.
Want to hear some good news?
All these things can improve with a custom movement plan! There are ways to customize the workouts, mobility and stretching you’re already doing to target these specific issues AND KEEP RUNNING!
The days of rest, ice and medication are long gone. You can keep running AND get out of pain.
We’ll be diving in more on these topics on Instagram this week, so click below to stay tuned!
Until next time,
Dr. Chelsea
Catalyst Physical Therapy and Performance
Nashville, TN
