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Performance Area => Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros => Topic started by: Girljordan on February 24, 2011, 11:48:19 am
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I have had some soreness in my left knee for about a month now but it recently started getting worse. I feel it when I straighten the knee from bent position, from straight to bent position, or from moving foot left to right from any position which moves the lower part of my leg. Not extremely painful but getting worse. Any idea what it could be?
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Could be a number of different things, but being female you need to be really careful with pain and soreness at the back part of the knee. Acl tears are ~3 x more common in female athletes than males, and different sports show even higher ratios than that where cutting/sudden change of direction are involved. One of the first things we do with female athletes is prioritize hamstring strength, both as a hip extensor and and a knee flexor. Once they are up to par the knee flexion exercises will go into a more blood work/tonic mode, but help tremendously and have made already bad knees feel good again.
this is a pretty good link for prehab info on acl injuries, the main thing is to make sure your quads are not dominating your hamstrings, fix bad movement patterns and get mobility up to par, and get stronger with exercises that actually matter in increasing sports performance (squats, rdl, etc.).
http://www.athleticadvisor.com/injuries/le/knee/preventing_acl_tears.htm
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Knee felt better after a little rest.