Hello, after 2 months of feeling a pain in the external side of my right knee during and after trainings above of 10km, and only during downhill, I visited a podiatrist, it wasn’t BF friendly at all.
He touched some parts of my knee, asked me a few questions about running and I said that I used to run some ultras and was planning to run 100Km in October, he stopped and said: I already know what you have…
He took some X rays and his diagnosis was MEDIAL PRESURE DUE TO GENU VARO.
What he explained was that the normal angle between the femur and the tibia should be 5°, on the contrary I have around 7° on the opposite direction and that is called GENU VARO. The lateral ligament of my knee was being pulled excessively due to this deformity, He couldn’t explain why my left knee didn’t felt anything.
This are my knees
The pain I feel is located in the spot of the below picture, at first I tough it was ITBS and started doing some exercises, now I’m not sure what to think. The pain is constant but it doesn't increase during races or longer distances, it hurst most during downhills.
He also said was due to over use and the DEFORMITY of my legs, that my body wasn’t made to run longer distances and that I need an orthotics insole to correct the deviation or in a few years I will wear out my knees.
I ask him if there’s any natural way I could work out the muscles in order to prevent this injury and he said NO, only the orthotics will help me. He sent me some Meloxicam and rest, he said I should rest for 2 or 3 weeks and stop training and running soo much and I will be fine.
A few months ago I took a complete exam of my body, part of the results are these:
Somatoscopy diagnosis: Tibia Vara GI, Talo Valgo GIII on the right, asymmetry and weaker left side of the body, asymmetry of the right pelvic member 5mm
Plantoscopy: Cavo GI right side and Hallux Valgus GI
That’s why I ask you docs if could help me, what can I do? I now all this terms sound like I'm a deformless monster, but is not that bad.
Thanks...
He touched some parts of my knee, asked me a few questions about running and I said that I used to run some ultras and was planning to run 100Km in October, he stopped and said: I already know what you have…
He took some X rays and his diagnosis was MEDIAL PRESURE DUE TO GENU VARO.
What he explained was that the normal angle between the femur and the tibia should be 5°, on the contrary I have around 7° on the opposite direction and that is called GENU VARO. The lateral ligament of my knee was being pulled excessively due to this deformity, He couldn’t explain why my left knee didn’t felt anything.
This are my knees
The pain I feel is located in the spot of the below picture, at first I tough it was ITBS and started doing some exercises, now I’m not sure what to think. The pain is constant but it doesn't increase during races or longer distances, it hurst most during downhills.
He also said was due to over use and the DEFORMITY of my legs, that my body wasn’t made to run longer distances and that I need an orthotics insole to correct the deviation or in a few years I will wear out my knees.
I ask him if there’s any natural way I could work out the muscles in order to prevent this injury and he said NO, only the orthotics will help me. He sent me some Meloxicam and rest, he said I should rest for 2 or 3 weeks and stop training and running soo much and I will be fine.
A few months ago I took a complete exam of my body, part of the results are these:
Somatoscopy diagnosis: Tibia Vara GI, Talo Valgo GIII on the right, asymmetry and weaker left side of the body, asymmetry of the right pelvic member 5mm
Plantoscopy: Cavo GI right side and Hallux Valgus GI
That’s why I ask you docs if could help me, what can I do? I now all this terms sound like I'm a deformless monster, but is not that bad.
Thanks...