HeadIdiot wrote:I also picked up a knee strap that's supposed to help support the knee and prevent "jumper's knee", which is what I think a lot of us deal with. Work out your knees more outside of hiking - squats, weight-lifting, walking/stairs, etc - and maybe try a knee brace and then ween yourself off of it and see if the pain goes away.
I suppose I could do some weight lifting. But the walking and stairs are no problem! In my job I'm up and down a set of stairs several dozen times a day!
HeadIdiot wrote:I bet a pharmacist or a physical therapist would have some good answers. Doctors like to tell you to just stop doing the activity that hurts =P. That might be sort of the right answer but I think it's more a case of needing to support and strengthen the knee more before stressing it a lot. So, maybe not stop the activity, just adjust it and tone it back a bit while you try some things to help in the long-run.
Patient: Doc.. it hurts when I do this. (patient hits his head)
Doc: Well then don't do that.
That's the thing.. even when I tone it back or adjust it I still get the pain. I should just suck it up and go see a doc.. but I'm so fed up with the medical industry as a whole.