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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, thanks everyone for all the great advice! I ended up resting my knee for almost a week, first run today -- 3 miles, slow easy pace, tried to keep from "pounding" the ground. Felt a slight stiffness before, did some stretches/walking after; also felt stiffness after, though less than at start, so I've taken some ibuprofen and will take a rest day tomorrow. Overall I'm going to plan to run 4 days a week for the next month or so, Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun, building in some squats and lunges on 2 of the "rest" days. I will also look into visiting a running store to get my run analyzed & determine if new shoes/orthotics will help. I did notice one PP said they had the same issue and after rest for a couple of weeks was able to just continue their regular running, would love that to be me, but I'm being careful for the next few weeks. Thanks again![/quote] OP here again, just wanted to give an update -- after the run mentioned above, I still had some knee pain, so I the next day I went to Pacers Logan Circle, where the fabulous Jessie spent a good hour with me to find the right shoes. Turns out I'm a neutral runner (I was told years ago at another running store I was an over-pronator) and I got shoes with good cushioning and of course Superfeet inserts :). In the spirit of letting things really heal I only took one more short run last week, after which knee felt much better but still a little stiff. This week I've started incorporating some cross-training -- walking and elliptical-- on off days and that seems to be making a big difference as well. I've also decided to stick to just 3 miles a day on runs for the next few weeks rather than try to build on distance. When I do add distance, I'll be following another poster's rule of adding slowly, 10% a week. Thanks again for all the responses, DCUM is definitely changing the way I run! [/quote]
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