Knee Bursitis injury

Well I have had pes anserine bursitis since the end of October, I have not had any injection or fluid removal so far but I can sympathise. For me it’s a lot better than it was but every time I go for a test run to see if I can start running again I can still feel it, so feeling a bit fed up. I went for a very short run (1.5 miles) Monday morning and can still feel a slight ache in my knee and its now Friday I was hoping to be back running by Christmas but it doesn't look like that’s going to happen

Yes, done all things you have done, including the foam roller, and like you after my run on Monday it was nowhere like as bad as when it first started but it still ached and I have not run since for fear of making it worse and being back again where I was a couple of months ago . . . At the moment I am thinking if it’s not better after Christmas I'm going to the docs, I have private medical insurance through work so maybe I should make use of for once . . . please post how you get on with the scan, be most interested.

How did it go with the scan?. . . 

This morning before work I went for another test run, just 1.5 miles, lots of stretching before and after and so far pain free. I say “so far” because previously I have not felt anything until at least a day after, keeping fingers and everything else firmly crossed

Good luck to both of you - will be interested to know how you get on. I have had bursitis of the left knee and hip since July (although only diagnosed in November after an MRI scan). I have tried all the tricks above, anti-inflammatories, ice, stretching, completely stopping exercise but the aches still remain. So, it's a cortisone injection for me next which is booked for January. I am slightly nervous as I know this treatment is quite contraversial but being out of action for 6 months has really got me down! I did carry on running when the pain was milder and am now in a right mess so I would urge you to lay off the running untill you are completely pain free!

Sorry you are still suffering with this Laura, I have to say this has been the most persistent injury I have had since starting running and I’ve had a few!. I would totally agree with your advice about not running until pain free, I have learned this myself, even if there is only slight pain the more you run with it the worse you will make it and just prolong it.  My situation at the moment; I am back running but I am being very careful, just three times a week and short distances . . . if I continue to be pain free I am hoping to be able to crank this up a bit after Christmas and hopefully get back to my normal distances.

Did 2 miles this morning (in the rain!) with lots of stretches before and after and I think all seems OK, but I have to admit I’m still a bit nervous about messing it up again. Laura: Good luck for January, hope all goes well, keep us posted.
Ingy: I’d definitely heed what the doc says, and seriously think hard  about those January runs, and make sure you are pain free before starting running again.

Wishing you both a healthy and pain free Christmas and New Year

I've had exactly the same problem - pes anserine bursitis, I've just started back running short distances, much the same situation as Rog . . . how is everybody doing doing with this?, wishing you all a pain and injury free 2013.

Got my cortisone jabs tomorrow so will let you know how it goes - one in my knee and one in my hip - it's gonna hurt! But if it gets us back running I guess it'll be worth it!

Ingy, your 2 weeks post injection must be just about up - how does it feel now?

At the moment I am running every other day and keeping to short distances, like you ingy, I’m getting a general but very slight ache for the rest of the day after my early morning runs although its gone by the next day. I am hoping this is just a part of the healing process, it gets any worse I will stopping the runs, let’s  just hope that doesn’t happen. Hope all goes OK with the jabs Laura.

Thanks guys, had the jabs yesterday. The one in my hip feels ok but my knee is agony, am hobbling around worse than before! Hope it will settle down soon.

Glad you are both back to running and glad to hear you are taking things a bit easier speed and distance wise.

Roger, sounds like your constantly pushing your injury.  Don't run on it, wait untill you can't feel it and then wait another 10-14 days.  Seriously, you will not do your running any good by running on an injury like this, Every time you run on it, even for a couple of miles, you will be putting recovery back by 4-5 days (or even worse) unless you're 20 or under.

I've had the same, and battled with it for 6 months before biting the bullet and taking 8 weeks off running.  Sorting out any quad imbalances, stretching out the calfs, hamstrings, quads and hips, and maybe foam roller (i don't know if this helps but it hurts so it feels like it should) whilst recovering should do the trick.

This is from experience rather than any actual know-how.

Good advice Sean . . . I think I'm guilty of doing the same thing: I went for a two mile run on Saturday, quite a long walk on Sunday then early this morning out for a another run, after about a mile I could feel the dreaded knee pain again, not bad but enough for me to cut the run short . . . a bit disappointed, really thought this was fixed, clearly its not.   

Hi everybody . . . Laura, ingy, Rog . . . just wondering how all my fellow suffers are getting on?. I am still getting slight twinges if I sort of squat down and put all my weight on my knee but I seem to be able to run a couple of miles four times a week without any pain, I'm still a little cautious of cranking that up to anywhere near my normal frequency and distances but very happy I can at least do what I'm doing for the time being.  

Hi Rich, glad to hear you are doing some running even if you are having to keep the distances short!

It's been 2 weeks since my jabs now and my knee is feeling a bit better but my hip is not (ironic as knee was the primary cause, hip just followed!). Walking about is fine and I think if I ran on perfectly flat pavement with perfectly even strides, very slowly, I'd manage a mile or so, but any sudden turns/ over/under striding etc and it would aggrevate. So I'll give it another week and then perhaps return to the consultant. Might give swimming a try at the weekend too.