Ilio-tibial band, the long piece of tendon connecting the hip/butt muscles to the knob of leg bone just below the knee on the "outside" side. Mine is way too tight. It rubs on intervening knobs of bone and gets inflamed. It also contributes to pulling the patella out of line, accelerating my development of arthritis behind the kneecap.
Did you injure your knee or did something else cause the problem?
I don't think I've ever had an injury to it. I'm ever so slightly knock-kneed (congenital, apparently, and more prevalent in women than in men), which I am told makes the problem worse.
I didn't realize this at the time, but even way back when I was in the Army, it caused me problems: my knees would hurt after I ran about three miles. Then just a couple years ago I did the Berry Creek Falls hike in Big Basin (~14mi) and the downhills caused sharp, ripping, stabbing pains in my right knee. That never got all the way better.
jemstone has problems with his knees to (has since high school). Smooth steep inclines over a long period of time are his knees worst enemy.
Mine too. Coming down off Half Dome, for example, was painful. I'm guessing the only reason my knees didn't collapse outright (they've done that once or twice) is the regimen of physical therapy, stretching, and targeted exercise I did as preparation for that hike.
Also, have you tried a hiking stick?
I probably should. Carried one up the Dome and then never used it. (Duh!) Picked up a sturdy branch on the way down from Yosemite Falls last weekend, and maybe it did help. I've had some bad experiences hiking with people who had sticks -- they've waved the sticks around and taken up a lot of room, tripping and poking unwary people ahead and behind -- but if it's what I need, I'll find a way to use one courteously.
In 2001, walking the whole thing had been a breeze.
Wow, sounds like it's gotten markedly more difficult in just the last year. And eavesdropping on your conversation with lkeele, I'm not sure I heard much hope for healing it. Have you tried the orthotics? If so, did they help? (I was supposed to get orthotics, too, said my physical therapist, but I haven't done it.)
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Ilio-tibial band, the long piece of tendon connecting the hip/butt muscles to the knob of leg bone just below the knee on the "outside" side. Mine is way too tight. It rubs on intervening knobs of bone and gets inflamed. It also contributes to pulling the patella out of line, accelerating my development of arthritis behind the kneecap.
Did you injure your knee or did something else cause the problem?
I don't think I've ever had an injury to it. I'm ever so slightly knock-kneed (congenital, apparently, and more prevalent in women than in men), which I am told makes the problem worse.
I didn't realize this at the time, but even way back when I was in the Army, it caused me problems: my knees would hurt after I ran about three miles. Then just a couple years ago I did the Berry Creek Falls hike in Big Basin (~14mi) and the downhills caused sharp, ripping, stabbing pains in my right knee. That never got all the way better.
Mine too. Coming down off Half Dome, for example, was painful. I'm guessing the only reason my knees didn't collapse outright (they've done that once or twice) is the regimen of physical therapy, stretching, and targeted exercise I did as preparation for that hike.
Also, have you tried a hiking stick?
I probably should. Carried one up the Dome and then never used it. (Duh!) Picked up a sturdy branch on the way down from Yosemite Falls last weekend, and maybe it did help. I've had some bad experiences hiking with people who had sticks -- they've waved the sticks around and taken up a lot of room, tripping and poking unwary people ahead and behind -- but if it's what I need, I'll find a way to use one courteously.
In 2001, walking the whole thing had been a breeze.
Wow, sounds like it's gotten markedly more difficult in just the last year. And eavesdropping on your conversation with