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Newbie question about knee soreness (self.running)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by root to c/running

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Let me start by saying that I am not a runner. I hope to be one day, but for now I'm just running < 1 mile after work.

After a few days of this, my knees (the tendon thing that goes down from the knee to the shin) are pretty sore. I'm wondering if I should power through this or do something differently?

A friend suggested these as he's had good luck with them, but I'm not sure if this is something the community condones or endorses.

Update: Thank you all for the suggestions! The consensus seems to be to take it easy as I begin, and run every other day (and continue to walk every day).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Being completely new it could be a number of things, but in my personal experience, if it's not overuse (which yours could be) the wrong shoe can mess you up.

Some just are not compatible with you and will hurt things. Too much support, not enough support.

If it's overuse you'll need to figure out what's irritated whatever is tight and possibly pulling on your knee making it hurt. Stretching / rolling would be a good start. EVERYTHING is connected and keeping all your fascia, and muscles lose will be beneficial.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

wrong shoe as well as wrong strike or posture