Sun Run physio: Knee pain
Pain behind or around the knee cap, also known as patellofemoral pain or “runners’s knee” is the most common injury in distance runners. Irritation of the patellofemoral joint often develops when people do “too much, too soon”, for example by increasing mileage, speed or downhill running.Avoid increases in pain during and after training by temporarily alternating minutes of running and walking. Reduce running speed by 30 seconds per kilometer and avoid fast running intervals.
Jean-Francois Esculier works in the Department of Physical Therapy at UBC and is a physical therapist at the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Clinic and is director of research and development at The Running Clinic.
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