Knee pain

[Unpunpai]

When I was playing tennis yesterday, I started to feel a weird pain in my knee. It wasn't a huge pain, but rather a small pain / sensation. The moment I felt this pain I stopped playing and sat down. When I sat down the pain stopped until I stood up for awhile. When I left the courts, my knee wasn't hurting when I was walking . I went home and my knee felt fine, but I still wanted to be cautious so I stepped lightly. At home, I did some squats and felt no knee pain and shadowed my service motion and still no pain. The next day, I went to the courts, hitting some backhands and forehands. After 20 minuets of hitting, the knee pain came back and I sat back down. Few seconds later the pain was gone and I got back up and started hitting again except I was walking this time and not using any footwork. No pain until I decided to hit really hard on my forehand and accidentally used my legs. Can't remember what stance I was using. Can anyone help me or tell me if this is extremely serious.

 

[user92626]

This sounds familiar to my own experience. I figure that once in a while, especially without proper warmup and stretching, things inside the knee can get stiff and shifted a little out of place.

I just relax the parts, stretch in a wider range, and when playing remember to use major, stronger muscles instead of just anything for movement. No big deal. Btw,take glucosamine and fish oil. Calcium for the bone and elasticity for the arteries.

 

[Unpunpai]

Are there any stretching exercises that you can recommend?

 

[user92626]

Are there any stretching exercises that you can recommend?

Before playing I just do widest/exxagerated-range movements of all the moves that I expect to do in playing and do them slowly and comfortably. Frankly, I haven't had any injury and major pain from tennis and I play pretty hard and long (3-5 hours, 2x or 3x/week)

 

[evperry]

If you static stretch before tennis I would seriously consider going to youtube and searching dynamic stretching tennis. I do a similar routine when i play squash. Then do a quick static stretch at the end of playing tennis.

Also consider using the compression type of knee pads when you play. My knees have been bad for years and this keeps me in the game.

I also use kt tape (full knee support) on certain days and do rolfing (massage) every now and again.

Lastly I take this stuff http://www.iherb.com/Doctor-s-Best-...hondroitin-Sulfate-60-Capsules/4457?at=0&l=es.

work wonders.

-e

 

[ollinger]

What is there in the knee that would benefit from stretching????

 

[evperry]

In my case, just warming up the knees with cycling (if possible) or light jog around the court and then static stretching at the end takes away ALL of the post soreness or achy feeling.

The neoprene sleeve or KT tape are just for insurance, like buying a Put against a stock.

My tennis instructor last session recommended this to me and I have never looked back, works like a charm.

 

[maggmaster]

Tightness in surrounding muscles can cause displacement of some of the floating bones in the knee. Or so I have heard.

 

[Lefty5]

its a sign of things to come. Hard to tell what the problem is without knowing "where exactly" the pain is in your knee. Stretch, strenghten, and warm up slow. Usually knee pain does not go away on its own, rather it only gets worse so definitely take it seriously.