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You can't strengthen a joint, only the muscles around it.
Also, not sure what the cause of your pain is but foam rolling might help, rolling out your quad and IT band
I doubt any supplement is gonna help. Where's the pain exactly?
Give Jointforce a try, it will give immediate pain relief, It acts as a local anti inflammatory. So the the relief goes directly to the source of the pain and doesn't cause the issues that systemic anti inflammatory use can cause. It can even help heal the injury by locally reducing inflammation. That being said see a doctor and practice RICE take care of it and don't do it further damage
Having to miss workouts sucks, but if you push it you could end up out of the gym for a long time. Just take a week off and use it to de-load and rest. You are already taking solid joint supps, so I wouldn't add anything else in.
very good advice, advice I should have taken many times myself. I tore my bicep off the bone after knowing there was an issue with my arm for months. It was a 6 month rehab process even a six week layoff would have been preferable you don't wanna wind up like this
I do believe I did say see a doctor
I have learned the hard way that even though we don't like to go, sometimes doctors visits are necessary
I wasn't calling anyone out specifically, just saying that self-diagnosis and treatment is not the way to go.
Well, one needs to do a certain amount to evaluate initial care... if it's a dull muscular pain during contraction, that's certainly different then a sharp joint paint at rest... Short of a clear break or inability to put any weight on a knee (and OP was able to squat a PR after the problem), initially the proper thing when realizing you've over done it, is to stop using the injured muscle/joint (Rest), and get the initial inflammation down (Ice + Ibuprofen), wrapping it if applicable (Compression) and putting it up (Elevation) to see how things feel with reduced swelling... To this, I always add a nice Joint Force treatment with some saran wrap and then re-evaluate.
When my heavy set was 405, I wrapped at 315 and above (I usually only add full plates on squats), now that my heavy set is 495, I wrap at 405 and above... I guess what I'm saying is when you get above your "warmup" weight, if you have had issues with your knees, I agree it behooves you to wrap.
I am going to have to start wrapping, I wish some one would develop and alternative knee wrap. It takes too long to go round and round and then remove and repeat every set .....Yeah, Yeah, I know quit your whining
Actually, I'm going to go ahead and whine with you, it's a PITA to wrap, and I always feel like I end up with the wrap either a little too high or a little too low on my knee... I think it's time for me to buy some longer wraps, I've been using the same ones for years; I'm gonna go order some right now... see a pretty good selection at: hxxp://xxx.prowriststraps.com/knee_wrap_powerlifting_knee_wrap_exercise_weight_liftingI am going to have to start wrapping, I wish some one would develop and alternative knee wrap. It takes too long to go round and round and then remove and repeat every set .....Yeah, Yeah, I know quit your whining
I just wrap straight, and in looking around at it, it appears I've been wrapping top to bottom, when most are wrapping bottom to top. I'm ordering longer wraps, and when I get them in, I may experiment with different methods, bottom to top, cross cross, etc... there's a video here with a few different techniques:
I wrap the same way, I tend to wrap too tightly and I tend to gen too much wrap below the knee
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