I climbed off a stationary bike Thursday of last week and felt severe pain in both knees. Got worse the next day, fierce inflammation, could barely walk.
Went to a sports clinic where the doc said it was knee tendonitis caused by overtraining, which is bad news.
Went to see my own g.p. about it today (he was away last week) and he says the first doc misdiagnosed me, it's next to impossible to get hit by tendonitis in both knees at exactly the same time.
The g.p. thinks the problem is an inflammation of a synovial (joint-lining) membrane. Probable cause is a post-viral, self-limiting auto-immune response, or possibly the result of arthritis.
I asked him about Runner's Knee (I've been doing a shitload of cardio lately) and he says probably not, because my pain covered the entire knee on both legs and Runner's knee is usually localized to one spot about the size of a quarter. Also, Runner's Knee usually causes pain when you press the kneecap against the bone behind it, which isn't happening to me.
The trainers at my club, on the other hand, all think it may be something called Patellar Femoral Syndrome, an inflammation that happens when your knee moves out of its normal groove as it moves up and down. Cause is that my quads are too much stronger than my hams.
I checked out this syndrome on medical sites. Some sites say that it's Runner's Knee, other sites seem to indicate its quite different.
Has anybody had this condition? Is it or is it not Runner's Knee? If there's a difference, how can I tell the difference? Treatments?
I'd be grateful for any info you guys can give me. Don't want to train until I get to the bottom of this bullshit. It's been five days now.
Went to a sports clinic where the doc said it was knee tendonitis caused by overtraining, which is bad news.
Went to see my own g.p. about it today (he was away last week) and he says the first doc misdiagnosed me, it's next to impossible to get hit by tendonitis in both knees at exactly the same time.
The g.p. thinks the problem is an inflammation of a synovial (joint-lining) membrane. Probable cause is a post-viral, self-limiting auto-immune response, or possibly the result of arthritis.
I asked him about Runner's Knee (I've been doing a shitload of cardio lately) and he says probably not, because my pain covered the entire knee on both legs and Runner's knee is usually localized to one spot about the size of a quarter. Also, Runner's Knee usually causes pain when you press the kneecap against the bone behind it, which isn't happening to me.
The trainers at my club, on the other hand, all think it may be something called Patellar Femoral Syndrome, an inflammation that happens when your knee moves out of its normal groove as it moves up and down. Cause is that my quads are too much stronger than my hams.
I checked out this syndrome on medical sites. Some sites say that it's Runner's Knee, other sites seem to indicate its quite different.
Has anybody had this condition? Is it or is it not Runner's Knee? If there's a difference, how can I tell the difference? Treatments?
I'd be grateful for any info you guys can give me. Don't want to train until I get to the bottom of this bullshit. It's been five days now.
