How To Deal With Runners Knee

Think you may have runners knee? Let me share my experience with you. Not only am I young and healthy, I enjoy jogging, running, marathons, and other outdoor activities. Being active is something that allows me to clear my head and relax. So, when I developed Runner’s Knee, I just about lost my mind.

I almost always run every day, and sometimes I’ll compete or run marathons. Last summer, I had some serious pain in my right knee. I almost slapped the doc when he told me that because of my condition, I would have to stop running for a while.

Normally, the joints in your knee glide smoothly against cartilage in the knee. With Runner’s Knee, the knee rubs against the joints and can cause some intense pain. This is what I was experiencing and let me tell you, it’s not fun.

So I armed myself with a book, a bottle of Vicodin, and started keeping the couch company. It wasn’t long before I went nuts! I wanted to be active, but my Runner’s knee was all ran out for a while.

This is what I learned to keep my sanity. You can only purchase things from infomercials so many times before it dawns on you that they’re all junk! There is, in fact, a reality show for every single situation you could ever think of. It is not possible to read the encyclopedia.

Heating pads are proof that God loves us and wants to heal everybody. And no matter how many thousands of channels you have, there’s still nothing to watch. Thank heavens my knee finally got better, and now I can run again. I can only think of that few weeks of my life as ‘Hell Week!’ Well, I’m off for a run! Talk to you soon.

Want to learn more? Visit Runners Knee, a blog for runners like us with running tips, running injury advice and much more.

- Jessica T