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[RC] Knee Pain - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Sharon Hahn sharon.hahn@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I just went to my dr. for knee pain and he said my kneecap isn't moving straight and prescribed some quad strengthening exercises which are really simple (can be done sitting on the floor while watching TV) and so far seem to help. I think the thing to do is find out what's wrong with you first. Hopefully you have a good dr. and you can go in and say, "look, I know all this distance riding isn't helping things, but my knee hurts, so what's wrong, what can I do about it, and will it get worse?" The treatment will vary depending on what's wrong (I've also had acute tendonitis of the knee, which I know darn well is from too much posting and goes away with rest.) You can also make sure your knee isn't in the same position for too long by having freely swinging/twisting stirrup leathers, changing stirrup lengths, getting off and walking, and GETTING OUT OF THE CAR once in a while when driving to/from the ride. If you don't have creaky knees, thank your lucky stars! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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