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- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!asuacad!agrgb
- Organization: Arizona State University
- Date: Monday, 31 Aug 1992 22:48:20 MST
- From: <AGRGB@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <92244.224820AGRGB@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: rec.running
- Subject: Knee pain - knee brace?
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- Hey now,
-
- Ok...I have been suffering from outer knee pain for some time now. My
- doctor says that I do not have iliotibial band syndrome but that I am
- suffering from an inflamed tendon that is causing me a great deal of pain
- (or I have a tear in some cartiledge - this is less likely and an expensive
- issue to investigate at this point in time).
-
- Anyway, the purpose of this post is to see if any of you have ever
- run with one of those knee braces with the kneecap part cut out. These are
- supposed to provide stability and prevent reinjury. I have recently
- purchased one of these contraptions and, so far, it appears to be helping.
- However, I have taken some time off from running and am only averaging
- about 3 miles per day, 5 days a week right now. Marathon season is just
- around the corner and I wonder if my knee is going to hold up and if this
- brace is going to help.
-
- Just wondering about this right now. Any comments appreciated.
- Rich
-