Hi LL veterans,
It has been 2 years since surgery day. Daily stretching has allowed me to recover most of my flexibility and gait. My legs are still skinner than pre-op, but that is expected given the leg has been stretched to lengthen.
However, for the past 6 months, I have been experiencing chronic knee pain. It is not accute, but worsens significantly after bending (stairs/squat).
This started happening after I began squatting my body weight around 8 months ago. After 2 months of squatting, the pain set in.
I have always had some popping when I fully bent my left knee after the surgery and ITB release. However, I have never had any knee problems pre-surgery.
Is it due to the lengthening surgery, ITB release, leg ratio, bad squatting or something else?
Would appreciate any advice on how to recover. Regular physiotherapies didn't seem to help.
Thank you all!
@overandover
Doc hasn't replied yet. Don't know if they will. I might just get sports therapists.
@TheDream
Yes. I plan to get them out later in the year
@lessthanvg8300
I think it could be a tear somewhere. The tracking in my left knees has degraded resulting in more popping. Stretching it is supposed to help I believe.
@Medium Drink Of Water
Hi again. I've really only squated body weight. However, with my knees like this, I may have to give up squatting forever.
@Njsiulee
There is usually no pain for me during standing, but I can sometimes feel uncomfortable when my feet land on the floor. When sitting still, I have the same soreness, but for 10 minutes instead of seconds.
I did 10cm femur-only on both legs. The only relief I get is when sitting, and my tibia is mostly off the floor. There's absolutely no weight-bearing and muscle flexion in this angle.
Yeah thanks guys. I hear from older folks that I should respect my knees as well. They always give away but early 30s may be too soon.
Will give up squatting, and focus on therapies.
Hi all, I just saw a sports physiotherapist and my knee pain is almost entirely fixed now.
1) Turns out that my quads were too tight, which made it pull on my knee cap. This impacted knee traction, which ultimately caused the pain when bending. Discomfort while sitting was a dead giveaway. Joints rarely causes pain when they're not being used or inflammed. Muscle tightness was obvious in hindsight. Do stretch your quads until your heel touches your glutes in a lunge.
2) I was informed that given my elongated femur, my center of gravity has shifted forward significantly during squats. This means that my knee will be stressed much more than a regular person when squatting. He recommended that I should never squat beyond my body weight (68kg~). Normal people can usually squat until 1.5x their body weight (100kg in my case) if they had normal t/f ratio.
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