Knee Cartilage Noise

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Knee Cartilage Noise

Postby woody » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:06 pm

When I am squatting for a ma bu or snake creeps down, my knees/cartilage make a scraping noise. I don't have any pain, but I am concerned that I might injure myself. Do I need any special treatments? Any thoughts or experiences will be appreciated.
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Protect your knees

Postby Shakti » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:14 pm

Hello Woody

I ignored my creaking knees for years and lost most of the cartilage from both through use for martial arts and just life in general and now have a hard time even walking.

There was very little pain until it was (almost) too late. I have been on medication for about a year for the resultant swelling and now substantial pain.

Recently I've begun carefully doing leg presses and toe raises on my Cross Bow resistance machine to build up the supporting ligments, tendons, and muscles of my legs. I have no pain while doing these exercises and my legs/knees do feel stronger so I hope that I'll be able to return to Qigong and Taiji training again soon.

You should get your knees examined and xrayed by your doctor and definately start a conditioning program that includes stretching and strengthening of your joints. My experience has been that martial arts alone will not do this.

Good luck and good health

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Postby Josh Young » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:49 am

Are you certain that what caused the injury was related to the noise?
Could it have been a range of motion issue or a lack of cartilaginous tissue in the diet?
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Postby woody » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:18 am

I think the damage was caused by running 3 marathons in my mid 40's. I'm now in my late 50's and I want to make sure I don't do anything to make matters worse. Simultaneously, I want to at least maintain the strength and flexibility that I have developed through taiji. It probably does makes sense to be examined by a doc and directed to a physical therapist who can give me appropriate exercises that would complement my daily taiji practice .
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Postby Taoist » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:05 pm

My instructor always tells me to put a considerable amount of weight on the

heels of your feet. Sometimes people come in and do low stances, and put t-

oo much weight on the front , and it makes the knees bad , sometimes you

don't feel it until you have some more experience , and then the pain comes

in. Most of these type of injuries I noticed come from incorrect body alignme-

nt , so make sure you really have a good foundation for practice.
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Re: Protect your knees

Postby Dave C. » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:14 am

Shakti wrote:You should get your knees examined and xrayed by your doctor and definately start a conditioning program that includes stretching and strengthening of your joints. My experience has been that martial arts alone will not do this.


Excellent point!

Prehab is often necessary before martial arts practice can begin. Throwing most people who exercise little or not at all into a martial practice will break them.

But few people teach from a prehab first perspective.
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