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Knee Pain After Exercise

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A brief exam and a couple of x-rays later and we knew what the problem was. There was inflammation of the joint between the knee cap (patella) and the knee (distal femur).

Many women suffer from the same ailment. The reason is that because of the wider pelvis that women have, the muscles of the thigh tend to pull the knee cap off to the side. The result is that it gets increasingly inflamed and painful.

The pain from this type of problem is normally just in the front of the knee. It will be painful to straighten out your leg when you are sitting. It will be tender on the side of the knee cap.

If you have this problem, the good news is that normally you can completely relieve your pain with a few simple exercises.

The goal of these exercises is to strengthen the mucles of the front of the thigh (quadriceps muscle) that will pull the knee cap straight.

To strenghten the quadriceps, simply lie down on your bed and do straight leg raises. Don't bend the knee. It is already inflamed and you don't need to make that worse. Just repeatedly raise your leg. This will strengthen the quadriceps.

If you get a bit tired from doing this ten times, just keep doing it. But, if you are in pretty good shape already and this does not make you tired at all, it is time to step things up a bit.

When you are ready, the next step is to do the same exercise with weights. To do this just get an old purse and put a can of food in it and repeat the straight leg raises. Pretty easy eh? As you get stronger, gradually increase the weight in the old purse.

During this time, if you can take them, a good anti-inflammatory medications such as Ibuprofen will help get rid of the inflammation and aleviate the pain you are having in your knee.

However, by doing these exercises regularly, you should not need to use the medication for more than a few days.

Knee Pain After Exercise

Let's shine a light on this...

There are custom knee braces and there are non custom knee braces. - One is not necessarily more supportive than another.

Let's review this....

What happens when you get a custom support for your knee?

When you purchase a custom brace you need to go to a brace specialist called an orthotist. These individuals are brace makers / providers. They will take an impression of your leg and also take measurements. - So now what? In about three weeks you will return to the orthotist to be fitted and delivered with your new knee brace.

This sounds like an exact science doesn't it? How could anything be wrong in this situation? - Read on.

Well, you may get a good brace this way, but you may have paid an premium for no reason. Yes, we said it, you may have wasted some serious cash if you bought a custom knee brace. Think about it, your friendly neighborhood orthotist does not want to lose money so you will get charged a premium for these supports.

The glamour of getting a custom support can be fun, but you may have just gotten ripped off in the process, especially if your insurance does not cover the whole bill! - Just think if your insurance does not cover the whole bill, that is a headache that nobody needs!

Let's consider knee supports in a different way now.

Just think about this for a moment... Do you think that non custom brace manufacturers would stay in business if they did not take into consideration many different sizes and shapes of peoples legs? - What this comes down to is that brace manufacturers can provide you with a well designed support that is not custom. Non custom supports can be very effective unless your leg anatomy is abnormal. Yes, non custom braces can save you a ton of cash as well. Not only can they save you some of your hard earned money, but they can also save you some time as well. The time consuming trips to the brace specialists will not be necessary either when you get a non custom knee support.

In the end it is your decision what you will need to do for yourself. This article was written to make you realize that custom knee braces are not always your best option. These days it is time to look for a quality brace while watching your wallet at the same time.

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