Been running since Sept. At the moment I am doing about 40kms a week (24 miles). In the past week I have been getting this pain in the front of my thigh. I think it's called the quadricep but not sure. It doesn't inconvenience me when walking

.He did say to me that some quadricep conditioning exercises will improve the tracking of the knee.If your knee cracking is associated with some serious pain, then it's pointing towards a problem. To be honest, the pain would be severe if this was the case

Can the experts tell me what are the advantages and contra-indications of using the small trampolines as a cross training option? I feel as if I had a good workout when I use it but I wonder if there are any hiden dangers for the knees or quadriceps

Hi,I got another injury :-( About 6 months ago I had the exact same thing (I think), in my right leg, now I have it in my left leg. It is a pain in the quadricep. It hurts a bit when running and a bit when cycling, but it hurts the most after

) and Iliacus and Psoas muscles. Bring this list to your soft tissue guy.  Then get your glutes and hamstrings as strong as humanly possible.This exercise will help and you should be getting upto 3 sets of 6 reps each side. I would avoid doing any quadricep

though that this has been combined with exercises to strengthen the quadriceps, I think this is crucial in helping the mal-tracking. Good luck (you'll need it trying to find small shoes !) JulieI also have a chronic tracking problem with a knee. I

quadriceps stregthening exercises? Hi Debra, thank you for the tips. I had a similar problem and found it was running in wrong type of shoe....watch incase it's that. The shoes I had originally recommended to me Asics Kinsei 3 where providing too much

strengthening exercises on my hamstring and quadriceps. The following website gives some rehabilitation exercises for this condition:-http;//www.sportsmed.buffalo.edu/info/patfem3.htmlGood Luck. Thanks for the replies - I'll look into the supports and start

is the definitive book on strength training using your own body weight or dynabands? I specifically want to condition my upper body and core. I also want some specific quadricep strengthening exercises to mitigate against my tendency to injure my knee due

will emphasise the quadriceps (the front of the thigh). A recumbent model will typically be easier on the lower back than an upright and will emphasise the hamstring (back of thigh) and gluteals more than the upright. Both provide the same level of cardiovascular