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Performance Area => Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion => Topic started by: fast does lie on April 30, 2012, 01:15:11 am
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Lately I've been squatting the most i ever have and below 90 degrees. It's not much, probably between 135-225. But afterwards, my left knee (usually my good knee) starts to become really sore when i bend it. It is usually at the top above the knee cap so it's definitely not the patellar tendon. So if i were to do a squat with no weights right now, it would kind of be sore right at about 90 degrees.
What seems to be the problem folks?
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Post vid of squats. Maybe it's your form.
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Have you been squatting high previously or why the need to point out depth? And yes, post video.
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^ i got the same "wear and tear" feeling in my upper knee area when i did heavy (440lb) non-paused squat daily for almost 14+ days, with multiple 400s singles as ramping warmups.
the pain IMO is in the ligament between the Y-shaped mass, the VMO and other quad mass in there.
best thing i did is to
- stop abusing the tendon. did paused squats with lighter weights instead. less tendon impacts due to no sudden bouncing.
- form roll with 2.5lb plate, twist plate. move plate up/down with 2 hands. dig deep and find that tendon and shine that thing.
- compression tights and compression wraps while sleeping
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If I feel any unusual sensations in the knee after a hard workout I would Game Ready that knee. If you don't have access to a game ready a cold tub is probably even better. Any water between 48-60 degrees seems to really help.