Miles Johnson
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Looking for insight into knee problems that have become so severe I can no longer do Squats, and wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar. It's like a intense aching feeling whenever I do squats, even with warm ups weights. It came on over the last year or so. For many years before that my knees felt stiff, but with extensive warm ups I could get to a point where it didn't bother me for my heavy sets. Then, it reached a point where the pain was still there no matter how much I warmed up but I could push through it. Now it's reached a point where I can't possibly push through it, and in fact I really can't kneel and get up without grabbing ahold of something. Anyone experienced something similar? If so, how did you fix it and as a starting point, is there a medical term you could likely use for such an injury.
Background- I'm 44 years old, been lifting (including squats) hard for 25 years approximately, and have major surgeries on both knees due to wrestling injuries (bursitis in both knees, torn meniscus and cartilage in the other).
Also, I'm thankfully able to do almost all other leg exercises at least for now, including legs presses, leg curls, leg extensions and sort of a modified lunge with one dumbbell at a time.
Background- I'm 44 years old, been lifting (including squats) hard for 25 years approximately, and have major surgeries on both knees due to wrestling injuries (bursitis in both knees, torn meniscus and cartilage in the other).
Also, I'm thankfully able to do almost all other leg exercises at least for now, including legs presses, leg curls, leg extensions and sort of a modified lunge with one dumbbell at a time.