Sorry to hear this nuknuk, as i know the feeling, i need total knee replacements and the pain is unbearable at times, so hopefully your knee pain is somehting that will heal with time brutha
If their is one peice of advice i can give you, it is take time off and dont even push it with light weight!!! Cause if u push it even just a little you could wind up like me needing knee replacements
I would lay off all of it, hamstrings included , atleast until the pain is totaly gone. I pushed through my pain and it was the worse decision i have ever made, i cant say for certain if doing hamstrings will be detrimental to ur knee issues, but i wouldnt bother trying to find out either, when i had my pain first start i didnt just cut out quads and just do hammies, as i kept pushing through doing both, so i have no idea if i had of just did hamstrng workouts if i would have been ok, or if it still would have fucked me, but again why bother
Are they swollen at all nuk nuk?
hell yeah brother i know that feelings, last week same thing with me. i was doing hack squats and felt like my knee caps were gonna pop off
that is why, they have already done multiple studies that have shown that hack squats are the worst thing that a lifter can do for their knees...
yes, it is the best exercise for developing the outer sweep but it's also the worst exercise for your knees
Doing hamstrings would be safe for the knee joint itself. Most of the load is on the ligaments (unless you r doing deadlifts). Squats especially deep squats put a huge strain on your patella and the trochlear groove of your femur. So if their is any hint of early arthritis on your patella squats will most certainly aggrevate it.
I would also take a couple weeks off of all leg movements. I also personally LOVE DMSO for issues like this. The ligaments and tendons are primarily made of sulfur and DMSO is the most biologically available form and it's transdermal! I'm also loving the Tommy Kono knee bands that Big n WV recommended. I squat at least in the 400's every week and no knee pain during or after any leg workouts.
Glad they are helping you out, these might help you out too nuk nuk. They are definitely worth the money even though they aren't that expensive in the first place
I would also take a couple weeks off of all leg movements. I also personally LOVE DMSO for issues like this. The ligaments and tendons are primarily made of sulfur and DMSO is the most biologically available form and it's transdermal! I'm also loving the Tommy Kono knee bands that Big n WV recommended. I squat at least in the 400's every week and no knee pain during or after any leg workouts.
Where can you pick these up at? I need something like this, have experienced similar knee pain, starting taking fish oil & Supercissus for the joints which has helped a ton, but would like some extra protection, as I'm trying to put some more size on my legs