Knee pain/clicking - Whats the best support?

mcflyss
mcflyss Posts: 257
edited May 2010 in Road beginners
Hello all.

Have recently developed a pain in my right knee when cycling. It can be worse after I have stopped for a break or some thing... seems to click alot more. Its not a sharpe pain, just a dull one and this last for the next day as well.

I was wondering what kind of support might help?

I have bought one cheap thing off fleebay but has stiching down the back of it and is very uncomfortable!

Have found this one -- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Do you think it will help? I dont really want to pay through the roof for one, just trying to dull the pain some more and help stop the clicking!!

Any help greatly received

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  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    What I do is to buy a neoprene support - then slit across the knee - that way you get the stability - but your knee can move freely - that ibuprofen, Glucosime and hamstring stretches seem to help !!!
  • mcflyss
    mcflyss Posts: 257
    So you cut a hole accross the knee? What about the neoprene ones with a hole in the front?
    The neoprene one i bought had a stich right down the middle of the back, made it bloody uncomfortable to bend your knee in!
  • huuregeil
    huuregeil Posts: 780
    See a physio pronto - knee supports will only help in very limited cases.
  • popularname
    popularname Posts: 173
    huuregeil wrote:
    See a physio pronto - knee supports will only help in very limited cases.
    +1

    Had some pretty bad knee issues and the physio sorted me with some exercises. High cadence low gear riding (not my natural preference, TBH, but beginning to love it) also helps.
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  • popularname
    popularname Posts: 173
    huuregeil wrote:
    See a physio pronto - knee supports will only help in very limited cases.
    +1

    Had some pretty bad knee issues and the physio sorted me with some exercises. High cadence low gear riding (not my natural preference, TBH, but beginning to love it) also helps.
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    >> Domane Four Series > Ridgeback Voyage
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    SEE A PHYSIO


    seriously, supports cause more trouble that they're worth in the majority of cases. You've probably got a muscle imbalance caused by poor hip flexor flexiblity and weakened glutes. Sort out the underlying issue rather than trying to soldier on. Trust me I see this a lot as a rowing coach, it is far better to splash the cash on a physio now than get to the point that i did before i stopped competing where I couldn't bend the knee in the mornings and needed antiinflamatories just to train. I'm totally broken now and cannot go back to the first sport I really loved.
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  • mcflyss
    mcflyss Posts: 257
    oh.... Ok, looks llike i might need do that then.
    Im strap for cash though, how much they normally cost?
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    about £40 will normally serve you, make sure you see one who knows sports.

    I'm sure someone can recommend someone local to you who is good.
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  • mcflyss
    mcflyss Posts: 257
    ok, will see what i can find out, thank you every one.... not good for a 350 mile ride i got in 20 days!!
  • popularname
    popularname Posts: 173
    Good luck mcflyss - when I went to see my guy, I was in despair and thought I might be looking at giving up. Spent 30 mins with him and he checked out what was going on thoroughly, gave me some exercises and sent me packing. In my case, it was an imbalance. Within a few days (literally) things were much better.

    So you may well be OK. But echo what ride_whenever said: sports physio defo.
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  • mcflyss
    mcflyss Posts: 257
    Well fingers crossed it will be a one off visit and they can sort me out!
    Thanks again peeps
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    mcflyss wrote:
    So you cut a hole accross the knee? What about the neoprene ones with a hole in the front?
    The neoprene one i bought had a stich right down the middle of the back, made it bloody uncomfortable to bend your knee in!

    The hole in the knee ones are fine in theory - but I find it difficult to the whole in the right place - and the extra padding around the whole negates the purpose of the whole + they are more expensive than plain one. The slit knee job works for me.

    Of course see a physio - I did - and basically he gave me some innner quad excercises - which work - it still flares up now and again - but wearing the supports means I can keep riding whilst in ' mini rehab'

    Its all about what works for you - a sports physio will probably frown on a knee support as it doesn't cure the problem - but for me, it keeps me riding.
  • mcflyss
    mcflyss Posts: 257
    kingrollo

    Thanks mate,
    What im gonna do is go to my LBS and make sure the bike is set up correct for me, rest my lef and apply some heat or cold, what ever works then book in a ppt and see what they say.
    Will look into a neoprene support, just trying to find one that does not have any stiching at the back!
  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    Why see aphysio? They cannot diagnose pathology, see a doctor first, then maybe physio. A physio can do nothing for damaged ligaments or cartlidge. Hopefully you do not have pathology only soft tissue soreness which physio may help with.
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  • Connie0325
    Connie0325 Posts: 1
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... IT&afsrc=1
    The knee Support is good , but since your knee is pained, you'd better neoprene Knee Supportwith a hole. The item could help to protect knee, reduce the pain caused by muscle injury, reduce the hurts caused by friction and collision.
    Ebay have these item on sale, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Neoprene-Knee-Sup ... 4ceebb9e9a

    Good luck~~~~
  • huuregeil
    huuregeil Posts: 780
    Going to a GP with a sports injury is a monumental waste IME, and they'll likely simply pass you on to a physio at the first instance. Sure, a physio can't treat something that might need surgery but will be able to diagnose those conditions far more swiftly. If you need to (i.e. on the word of the physio), you can then go to the doc and ask to see an orthopod directly. This is also the fastest way of getting to see someone given the 18-week NHS thing: go to a doc, they refer you to a physio (which takes time), if it then turns out to require more intervention, then the 18-week clock resets while the doc refers you to the orthpod. If that makes sense! Happened to a mate of mine.

    Forget about knee supports!

    Whereabouts in the country are you? Best way to find a decent physio is via a recommendation, you want to find someone who is a sportsperson and, ideally, a cyclist.
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    mcflyss wrote:
    kingrollo

    Thanks mate,
    What im gonna do is go to my LBS and make sure the bike is set up correct for me, rest my lef and apply some heat or cold, what ever works then book in a ppt and see what they say.
    Will look into a neoprene support, just trying to find one that does not have any stiching at the back!

    I would just cut the existing knee support and see how you get on.
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    Did you ever progress on this ?
  • mcflyss
    mcflyss Posts: 257
    Well, it appears it was my Cleat position. I took my bike into Elmy Cycles and had the bike set up correctly for me and turns out that my right foot has more of a pointing out position that I thought... so had to move my cleat by about 2 mm so my ankle almost rub's agasint my crank arm. Never reaslised just how much difference such small movements down the line can make.

    So fingers crossed, that will be the end of the pain in the knee!

    Thanks for every ones help though.

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