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[Dustin07]

but my left knee has been bothering me.

is it behind the knee, in the knee or in front? do you wear sleeves ever? my knees feel the healthiest they've ever felt at the moment, but I really cannot lift without sleeves unless its 90 degrees, humid and I'm on vacation in which case I still only go to like 70% or less.

 

[love2liftkat]

A camping weekend sounds great! Enjoy. Good job putting in the work ahead of time.

Thank you! One of my favorite trips of the year!! I love camping!

Yeah getting away sounds awesome, and thanks for the kind words!

Haha you really are great at explaining things and very intelligent!!

Hope you guys have a blast camping.

Thank you!

is it behind the knee, in the knee or in front? do you wear sleeves ever? my knees feel the healthiest they've ever felt at the moment, but I really cannot lift without sleeves unless its 90 degrees, humid and I'm on vacation in which case I still only go to like 70% or less.

It is mostly behind the knee and then I feel pressure/restriction all around when I try to fully flex it. I actually haven’t worn any sleeves since I quit my more power lifting style training 5-6 years ago. I did grab one of my hubby’s regular knee sleeves last night to see if wearing that a few days would help…but unfortunately it was too big. Haha I got rid of my lifting sleeves. What all have you done to improve your knee health?

 

[Dustin07]

I’m wondering if it’s the RDL’s and maybe the days I went a little heavier, if I may have been a bit off and strained it.

Knee didn’t limit much but I did feel it more in my training than when it started a week or so ago. I feel it most in my mobility work just feels like it won’t/can’t fully bend if that makes sense.

It is mostly behind the knee and then I feel pressure/restriction all around when I try to fully flex it.

@gphagan1 and I both had knee injuries this year. Mine was Dec 20, 2025 at a wrestling meet with my son working on take downs with the varsity kids. I could not drop into a squat and even just taking a knee to look under a table or something was nauseating. I might have let out more than one big F word between Dec-Mar lol. over time I started noticing a correlation with my knee pain (behind the knee largely) with potentially tight hamstrings and glutes, thats what caught my eye on your mention of RDL's

I did grab one of my hubby’s regular knee sleeves last night to see if wearing that a few days would help…but unfortunately it was too big.

I really would have been concerned if that fit you lol.

What all have you done to improve your knee health?

well, always knee sleeves. I think squatting in general has given me far healthier knees but last winter when my knee was absolutey miserable I spent the first week hitting it with redlight every day which I do think improved it drastically. from there I found that if I warmed up on the leg press, it would allow me to get into a barbell squat. or even at least an assisted one in the beginning. barbell left in the j-hooks, my hands on it as I drop into a squat. then air squats, then light squats. it took me about 4+ months of rehab on my own but by around May/June one day I realized that I was squatting and not thinking about my knee anymore.

I mean I've been to PT so many times that my protocol now days when something hurts is to find ways to do the painful thing in less tramatic ways until I can do it full/normal ROM again lol.