Comments for Quinkin's Blog: a place of running dreams come true

Comment on Walk on by by quinkin

quinkin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:04:53 +0000

Hi ken, I used a rolling pin for the ITB when it was a problem. Don’t have problems with my ITB these days. I never did buy a massage stick.

Comment on Walk on by by Ken Zelez

Ken Zelez — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:02:39 +0000

Hi, I have the same layout for my blog as well! Have you ever tried using “The Stick” for your IT Band?

Comment on Progress by motherhuldah

motherhuldah — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:54:31 +0000

i hear you on many Coffs Harbour medical “professionals” not being professional…i have had very similar experiences.

as a massage therapist (ATMS No. 13722) i would be looking at rectus femoris if your patella isn’t tracking straight, and has anyone checked your feet?

Comment on Ten miles by quinkin

quinkin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:50:57 +0000

That’s great ajh, your knee problems have really held you back. Glad you’re finally getting somewhere.

Comment on About by quinkin

quinkin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:48:19 +0000

Hi Pam, I’ll keep blogging. Although the posts will be more about my running than knee pain, I hope. Plenty of old posts about the bad old days of knee pain on here.

Enjoy the rest of your travels.

Cheers Quinkin

Comment on About by Pam

Pam — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:57:18 +0000

Hi, please don’t stop blogging I have only just found you!
I’ve run for about 7 years and my knees have always caused me problems on and off. I’ve done several 10Ks and loved it but I can never train as much as I want to because of my knees. Have seen physios & been told not to run again ever, then been given exercises by others who say it’s ok…but it’s always come back. It’s beyond frustrating as I’m sure you understand. Thing is, it sounds like what you have! Am travelling atm, so haven’t run in more than 6 months, but am arriving in Coffs to live at end of next month and planning to get back into it asap – I had almost given up hope of getting where I want to be with my running, on account of my knees, but the little I have read of your blog so far, I see a little glimmer of possibility. Am not onine much atm as on the road but will bookmark your blog and read properly as soon as I can. Thanks for sharing your experience and enjoy your next run

Comment on Ten miles by ajh

ajh — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:50:45 +0000

Glad to see some positive signs in your running. I’m hoping I can start building up my runs, distance wise, too. It’s a long time since I’ve managed 16km.

Comment on I WIN KNEE PAIN by quinkin

quinkin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:10:16 +0000

Hi Leanne,

I don’t know of any Melbourne physios, but there was a discussion of some on the runners world forum a few months ago on this thread.

http://forums.ausrun.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3336

I agree, you don’t want to be like me, even three years without running in your life is too long. While I am happy to be running again, I’m 46 and my best years of my running life were taken from me. Havind said that I was heading down a path of major knee disability with the inneffective treatment I had been having up until 2006. I probably have saved my knee.

Are the squats and lunges pain free? If not they are could be counter productive. McConnell knee taping really helped with my return to running. I did mini squats and glute squeezes with a ball or pillow. The glutes are one muscle group that can become weakened by knee pain.

Comment on I WIN KNEE PAIN by Leanne

Leanne — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:29:15 +0000

Dont take this the wrong way. But I hope to god I dont end up like you! Your story is amazing and full of hope, but also full of pain, frustration and disappointment. To a runner its a very scary story. To a none runner, its a big bag full of craziness.

I have runners knee on my right leg. Whatever that maybe! I posted on Cool running about the particulars of the injury (cookieCrumb-ankle and knee forum). Its been haunting me since Jan when I skied in Seattle, tramped in New Zealand Feb-April and in training for the Mel. marathon April- D-day is the 11th Oct. Last week it got very sore from my long run. I don’t know why. I am doing lots of squats and lunges.

I know how hard it is to find a good pysio., so I just wanted to ask you if you could recommend anyone in Mel. The last guy I went to see, was shite!

Thanks, L (a six year running addict)

Comment on RR Morgans Road CC by quinkin

quinkin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:59:43 +0000

Hi Wendy,
Thanks for commenting on my blog.

My blog started like yours, devoted to chronicling my battle with a maltracking patella. Until about a year ago that was what my blog was called “Battle of the Maltracking patella- a battle against knee pain.” I had what was diagnosed as patella femoral pain, I also had a completely wasted inner quad muscle (vastus medialis obiquus), and a knee cap that was maltracking. I have chrondomalacia patella which is symptom of my misaligened knee cap not a diagnosis in itself.

How did I manage it? Reading through this blog back in 2007, I’m not quite sure how. Perhaps I got lucky? Mainly it was through hard work patience and courage. Also helpful was seeing a good sports physician and knee physiotherapist. The knee physiotherapist showed me the McConnell taping technique and quad and glute strenghthening exercises. I also found custom made orthotics, massage and self massage to be useful.

It took 18 months for me to rebuild my quads enough so I could run. The original injury was in January 2006.

The taping technique and exercises are documented on other posts on this blog. Google McConnell taping and my blog will appear.

http://quinkin.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/mcconell-taping/

http://quinkin.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/battle-of-the-maltracking-patella/

good luck with beating your injury

Regards Quinkin