Have you given up jogging or running because of the chronic knee pain?
Are you worried that the solution might involve drawn out therapy or painful surgery or other costly ventures?
Often times knee issues from running come from the fact that there is a significant amount of stress placed on your knee. The knee and its surrounding anatomical structures must deal with a lot of stress when running. When you take a moment, and think about it, the knee can take an extraordinary amount of stress... This is especially true if you're a distance runner, or if you run on hard surfaces (such as concrete or asphalt).
Dislocating knee caps, meniscus tears, ligament tears and other knee problems can all happen when you are out there pushing yourself. Maybe you can relate, due to personal experience. Whatever your situation may be, you need to face the knee problem, instead of trying to forget its there.
Do not let chronic knee pain stop you from doing the things you want to do. The answer to your chronic knee pain when running might be something as simple and easy to use as a lightweight, low profile knee brace. These braces can be extremely helpful when you are running because of the extra support that they can provide to you. Many people refer to them as a "pain killer" because the knee support takes the place of the medication that they are consuming everyday to stop the discomfort.
Other conventional treatments, such as ice therapy, rest, and over-the-counter pain medications, generally address the symptoms without addressing the problems that cause the symptoms to begin with. Yes, they can be helpful, but they do not necessarily promote healing? A knee brace is designed to help support the knee when running and to help keep the knee in its proper position. This, in turn, can help promote healing of an injured knee.
A support can help reduce the impact running has upon the knee joint and can therefore help alleviate the issues that may lead to chronic knee pain when running. For instance, if the chronic pain is being caused by dislocating knees, or any of the other problems mentioned above, a knee support can help limit excessive movements at the knee, or simply act as a reminder to you not to make a movement that hurts you.
In the end the choice to get a knee brace, or to try other treatment options is yours to make... We are just writing from personal experience, because we have seen what a knee support can do for people that have knee pain when they run.
