{"id":3078,"date":"2019-08-07T20:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2022-03-22T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T09:37:23","slug":"lopersknie-frisk-amstelveen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/lopersknie-frisk-amstelveen\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner's knee: an annoying sports injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you experience burning, stabbing pain on the outside of your knee while exercising? This may indicate a runner's knee. This injury mainly occurs in runners and cyclists because they train (too) much.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How do you recognise a runner's knee?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During exercise, the pain slowly sets in. As the pain becomes increasingly severe, it is\u00a0<\/span>impossible to continue playing sports. Especially stretching and bending the knee is painful and\u00a0<\/span>Because of this, you sometimes see a slight swelling on the outside of the knee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cause runner's knee<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A runner's knee results from repeated friction between the tendon in your leg and your\u00a0<\/span>thigh bone. When cycling and running, this tension increases and you run a\u00a0<\/span>increased risk. This is also the case if you have O-legs, wear poor footwear, your training\u00a0<\/span>build up too quickly or have insufficient strength in your hip and gluteal muscles.<\/span><\/p>\n

What factors play a role in its occurrence?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Risk factors include: incorrect training structure; incorrect running technique and running on\u00a0<\/span>irregular terrain. There is also evidence that reduced strength or imbalance of\u00a0<\/span>strength of the leg and hip muscles can contribute to symptoms. If you find yourself feeling\u00a0<\/span>can overstretch the knee, the risk is greater.<\/span><\/p>\n

What should you do in case of a runner's knee?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Adjust your training if pain increases during or after exercise. Train for less time and\u00a0<\/span>intense. Doesn't that help? Then ask us for advice. We can guide you through targeted\u00a0<\/span>strength training and stretching of the leg and hip muscles. It may be necessary to use the\u00a0<\/span>sport that causes the pain is best avoided for one to two months. This is not always necessary,\u00a0<\/span>but it is important to keep moving. A lighter sport like swimming,\u00a0<\/span>walking or quiet cycling is ideal here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Physiotherapy for a runner's knee<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To find out how your runner's knee developed, we will first determine what factors are involved.\u00a0<\/span>have played a role. Usually, therapy consists of stretching exercises, targeted\u00a0<\/span>strength training and running training. We give advice on how to adapt your running training\u00a0<\/span>as long as you have the symptoms. When it gets better, you can slowly build up your training again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Want to know more?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Contact us with no obligation. We would love to help you get rid of your runner's knee!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you experience burning, stabbing pain on the outside of your knee while exercising? This may indicate a runner's knee. This injury mainly occurs in runners and cyclists because they train (too) much. How do you recognise a runner's knee? During exercise, the pain slowly sets in. As the pain becomes increasingly severe, it is impossible to...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[180,177,12,178,175,15,179,176],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-news","tag-amstelveen-blessure","tag-amstelveen-lopersknie","tag-fysio-amstelveen","tag-fysio-blessure","tag-fysio-lopersknie","tag-fysiotherapie-amstelveen","tag-fysiotherapie-blessure","tag-fysiotherapie-lopersknie","category-100","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}