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- May 8, 2010
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- 32
I'm have a really disheartening problem with my knee. I hurt it squatting about 4 months ago. It doesn't hurt to run or walk but once my knees bends to 90 degrees i have shooting pain in my knee. This makes any squatting impossible, including leg pressing with no weight! So I went to a sports medicine doctor who said it was most likely an overuse injury. Following his sugestion I took 15 weeks off from squatting and all quad work and just did ham and glute work while visiting a Physical Therapist once a week. My knee began feeling better (no longer hurting when I was going upstairs), so this week I started to work quads again but when I tried to do a leg press with no weight on the bar it started hurting again. I do not wish to compete in bodybuilding so I don't need massive quads, I'm just an ex-rugby player who wants to keep my legs respectably sized. I'm basically just asking if there is anything 'wrong' with not working my quads for another 6-12 months and just hammering my glutes and hams. I really respect your guys' opinions!