Muscle/Tendon pain by knee?

[pag41989]

Saturday in my crossfit class we were doing a little bit of kickboxing and I went to kick the bag with my left leg and felt something stretch next to my left knee. I can feel the pain/soreness in that small tendon (?) that runs behind your knee down the back of the leg. It was a little sore before this class and I am wondering if maybe it came from me running quite a bit last week. The pain went away and I went on my 11 mile run Sunday and it started to come back around mile 4 then went away until around the end. Now this morning I woke up and am walking like a duck, mostly because I am sore but if I bend my knee just right I get that jabbing pain. I tried looking it up some and it looks like it might be IT band syndrome? I was just wondering what you guys think and what I should do about it? I've never really had pain after running before and I am so worried I have injured myself 2 weeks before my first half marathon.

[bostonmichelle]

I've hurt/inflamed (not sure of the right word) my IT band before. My pain runs from the side of my knee to my hip and gets very sore. I usually can foam roll a few times a day as well as stretching and that helps. I've been running more consistently and the pain/soreness seems to be alleviating which is nice. I used to get it during every run and it would linger for days.

[emilyinchile]

I have always heard of IT band being more on the outside of your knee, running up to the outside of your hip, than behind the knee.

I'd stretch, ice, take a couple days off and then evaluate whether or not you need to go to the doctor.

[pag41989]

Yeah its like the back/side? Kind of hard to explain. I think it is more the side of the knee but I can feel the pain running up towards my hip so that makes sense. It already feels better this afternoon after stretching some at my desk and resting.

[sassystace]

Since you felt it happen during a particular movement (kicking your leg out a certain way), I think you more likely strained a ligament. Ice, rest, ibuprofen and see how it feels. If you can't walk, I wouldn't run (or kick things) for like 3 days.

[hannahb]

Sounds like your hamstring. Stretch, ice and take it easy

[pag41989]

Thanks everyone! I stretched it out a lot yesterday and walked a little last night and I seemed to have worked out whatever it was. The pain is completely gone today so I am going to try to do an easy 3 miles tonight