[pct-l] knee pain

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good evening, Elizabeth,

Several years ago I experienced debilitating pain at the outer edges of my
knee joints due to running, and a sports podiatrist diagnosed the problem to
be caused by Morton's Syndrome, i.e. flat feet.  Poor arches cause the
straight-line load vector from the hip joint center to the flattened foot to
tend towards the outside of the knee joint rather than more directly
straight
through the joint.   That causes a searing pain on the outer edges of the
knees.   The fix for that problem is usually arch supports, off-the-self or
custom orthotics.  I had immediate and apparently permanent relief, and I
have been running and hiking pain-free with them for about 25 years now.
Women seem to be susceptible to this problem even without flat feet because
of their inherent knock-knee tendency and relatively wide-spaced hip
joints.

Steel-Eye

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth" <betseylou@mac.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 6:36 AM
Subject: [pct-l] knee pain


> Hi list,
>
> I just returned from a five day "pretraining" hike on the AT through
> the Shenandoah NP. While I was on the trail, I started to notice a pain
> on the outside of my left knee whenever I was going downhill. Towards
> the end of the hike it was pretty bad, stiff and sort of a shooting
> pain when pressure was applied. Has anyone had this problem, and do you
> have any stretches or suggestions for ways to avoid this in the future?
>
>
> Never had a knee problem before and pissed off,
>
> E
>
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