Pain in Knees

[headtrainer]

I’ve had pain in both knees for years now even with sleeves. I’ve tried every kind of knee sleeve there is and icy hot cream, warming it up, etc. I’ve always just worked around it.

Smith machine Squats, leg press, smith machine Bulgarian squat, etc

It’s a sharp pain in my knees as I squat down and bend. The lower I go, the sharper the pain. Maybe a year ago I had my regular dr ultrasound it and he said micro tears or patellar tendinitis. I tried one PRP session that didn’t help.

I think I might finally just get an mri and see what’s really going on as it has really limited my leg growth specifically my quads. Hamstrings I can do SLDL’s, curls, etc but not being able to squat low sucks. Hack squats are out of question.

Even leg presses I switched up my technique and went deeper the correct way and that hurt bad which has led me to where I am now with this.

Not looking for a diagnosis, just curious if any guys have had anything similar and what was your diagnosis or results.

My left knee got so bad they had to repair both the patellar tendon and the quad tendon. Unfortunately, the surgery for the patellar tendon was unsuccessful in alleviating the pain. The only thing I can do now is high rep bench squats that places less stress on the knees and more emphasis on the posterior chain. I do 20 rep sets with a light weight only once a week. I take a mobic once a week after I train legs to help reduce the swelling. Be careful because the meniscus will start to tear next like mine did, if they haven’t already. Unfortunately, your heavy leg training days are probably over with. Now it’s time to just do some maintenance work. I’m sorry to give you the bad news.