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Originally Posted by Martian
The arthritis is a secondary symptom of my Crohn's Disease. It's often associated with autoimmune disorders, which you may have known already.
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Yes, I suspected that. It's also why I hit the back button instead of replying directly to Shell's post telling you that surgery would cure all your ills. I figured you're smart enough to know that's not the case.
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Originally Posted by Martian
I do want to run, but not at the cost of causing even more damage. Ibuprofen sounds like a bad idea, since it doesn't do anything to actually reduce the impact stress.
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Well it doesn't reduce the impact at all. But it does reduce your body's reaction to that impact. Reducing the inflamation (and associated pain) to zero is pretty much the same as curing the problem, assuming that there are no tears. Given your particular state of affairs, I also assumed that you'd consult your doctor before starting a new exercise regime.
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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
I'm a bit clueless on the paraphernalia. What should I look for in a support band? Is that like a tensor bandage, or something different?
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Talk to your doc first and see if this would actually do anything for you, especially before you buy anything. There are a number of things you could do - stabalize, lift, depress - that could accomplish different things. Without knowing more about what's going on beyond arthritis in a non-specific spot in the knee, I have no idea if any of it would do any good at all, let alone what specifically would help. Really, that's a conversation for your doctor.
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Originally Posted by highthief
In my opinion, the best thing a beginning runner can do is do a routine of leg strengthening exercises with focus on knee stability. About 75% of semi-serious runners do get injured to one degree or another and half of those could be prevented with a proper strength routine.
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Does that come directly from the Society for Statistics Pulled Directly From Our Collective Ass? The SSPDFOCA is doing wonderful work these days...
No, there's a lot to be said for that idea, statistics be damned. When I first got to college, I'd never lifted with my legs before. I just assumed that my legs would "take care of themselves" based on all the milage I was putting on them (around 70-80 a week at the time). One of the things I learned was that lifting weights, cross training, etc. strengthened other muscles and muscle groups to help keep things alligned for that one step out of 100,000 that was a little funny off the curb. Or to help prevent overuse injuries (which isn't something you really need to be concerned with at this stage, RB, but probably will need to be thinking about before your first half marathon). All the systems work symulateously when you're running (arms, legs, back, C/V) so when you think about it, it's logical that all of them will need to be "tuned up" for peak performance.