I have been experiencing sharp pins and needles in the medial quadricep area for the past 4 months now. After consulting the doctor who diagnosed it as tendonitis i took ibuprofen and gave it the RICE treatment. I then went to see a manipulation

I got a sharp pain this morning during my run in my right quadricep.what do i do? how long will it take to heal?

Been diagnosed with quadricep tendonitis and told to not run for 6-8 weeks.Anyone know what  x-training i can do with this injury? i'm not allowed to use the elliptical and i hate swimmimg, any ideas please? You should ask whoever diagnosed you

UAN:228 Article type:--The quads and hams, to be colloquial, surround the knee in a tripod-like fashion, the quadriceps through the patella and its tendon acting to straighten the knee, while the hamstrings at the back of the thigh diverge

Hi,Id be grateful if somebody could point me in the direction of some simple but efficient stretches / exercises to strengthen the quadriceps and / or knees.Ideally they can be done at home too without the aid of a £5000 multi-gym. Could probably

I just started running this week (on Sunday I did a 15 minute jog/walk round my local park with a warm up & down) and my quadriceps are still a bit sore and stiff. Will it be ok to run tonight? I will try to strech as much as possible before

on my hip, it felt like I pulled a tendon, I thought nothing of it, and trained again 2 days afterwards. This time the pain had moved down to the quadriceps, and if I could be technical, looking at a picture on the internet, the muscles in pain are

Roughly 10 weeks ago I did my first 20 miler in the run up to the VLM, the day after my left quad was very tight. I performed RICE but the next day I could barely walk without stretching it out and continuing to stretch it every 30 min or so. I took a week off from training and t...

I've been searching the intenet for help with the pain I am getting in my quads, but can't seem to really pin point the problem. I started running about 6 months ago, and have now competed in tri's and 10k runs. I train 3/4 times per week (running).  Recently I have developed a p...

Last sunday I was doing some sprints when I felt a fairly sharp pain in my left quad. Stupidly though I carried on (probably due to the fact that my ITBS wasn't playing up)! Anyway, I kept stretching it throughout the session, which eased the pain and was thus able to continue....