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« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2011, 02:27:32 AM »
Might be your ligaments taking too much work. Stick with light weight and higher reps to build the ligaments in your knees, preferably by light weight squats or leg extensions, keeping it at 20+ slow reps a set.
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« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2011, 03:02:22 AM »
Stop running and continue squatting and deadlifting.
Running is much more strenuous on the knees than squatting and deadlifting.
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« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2011, 03:03:08 AM »
See a doctor.
Take a month off.
If you are squating and deadlifting properly - going deep/using hip drive on squats and butt down, chest up/pushing from your calves/ thrusting with your hips/up through into your whole body with deadlifts -  it really shouldn't be affecting your knees though.
Knee problems, especially on squats are from the wrong technique. I see it all the time in the gym. Knee pushing out on squats, Knees taking the force of the weight due to no hip drive...dangerous.
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« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2011, 09:19:58 AM »
Here is an update- My knees started to get better and then I got greedy and hit some heavy deadlifts and the pain is back. I believe my IT band is tight so I am working on rolling it with a foam roller and a baseball. I am getting a lot of relief. I even tried SLDL's and that aggravated my knees(there again I got greedy and went heavy), I tried to run for a couple of miles and things felt fine until the next day and everything felt real tight.

The good thing is that when I take some time off my knees start to fell better. I hit those SLDL's on Saturday and my knees are already feeling better and its been a few days.

I am going to continue stretching and rolling and I will start lifting in a week or so but I will go way light on the lower body stuff.

Another note-When I was doing all these activities, I never took time to stretch, I am very inflexible
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    « Reply #19 on: November 29, 2011, 10:21:49 AM »
    Quote from: Dashin on November 29, 2011, 09:19:58 AM
    Here is an update- My knees started to get better and then I got greedy and hit some heavy deadlifts and the pain is back. I believe my IT band is tight so I am working on rolling it with a foam roller and a baseball. I am getting a lot of relief. I even tried SLDL's and that aggravated my knees(there again I got greedy and went heavy), I tried to run for a couple of miles and things felt fine until the next day and everything felt real tight.

    The good thing is that when I take some time off my knees start to fell better. I hit those SLDL's on Saturday and my knees are already feeling better and its been a few days.

    I am going to continue stretching and rolling and I will start lifting in a week or so but I will go way light on the lower body stuff.

    Another note-When I was doing all these activities, I never took time to stretch, I am very inflexible

    I'm gonna say that it's likely that your tendons are taking a beating and that might be where a lot of this is coming from. If you could I'd really roll with a lacrosse ball, it's a lot safer and easier on you than a baseball. Where is your knee pain by the way?
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    « Reply #20 on: November 29, 2011, 10:44:25 AM »
    Upper knee, where the tendons are. I had a sports medicine guy give me a quick dianosis and he thought it was quadriceps tendonitis
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    « Reply #21 on: November 29, 2011, 11:38:47 AM »
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    Another note-When I was doing all these activities, I never took time to stretch, I am very inflexible

    Recipe for disaster right there.
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    « Reply #22 on: March 12, 2012, 02:24:08 PM »
    walk instead of running.
    if u do leg extensions, then stop it.
    do a heavy hamstrings exercise (Romanian Deadlift - not just the regular leg curling)

    if needed, deload on your deadlifts & squats. Smiley
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    « Reply #23 on: March 12, 2012, 02:26:42 PM »
    Quote from: surya.v on November 19, 2011, 03:02:22 AM
    Stop running and continue squatting and deadlifting.
    Running is much more strenuous on the knees than squatting and deadlifting.

    that's so damn true

    I'm always late getting ready in the morning and as to not miss my first chain of buses and be late for work, I find myself sprinting for the bus in work shoes. Hurt my left knee and now it's got a persistant aching. I still squat, and it doesn't seem to aggravate it luckily but damn... I hate running
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    « Reply #24 on: March 13, 2012, 09:33:50 AM »

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