The monte's first serious question, involves squatting

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When I squat lately my knee cracks. Pretty much every rep.

My knees have always cracked when kneeling down. Kinda like and old mans. Its not painful maybe a little discomfort from constant cracking with every rep. Sorta like cracking your knuckles.

Anyway will a knee wrap or brace help, is this something that should concearn me?


Thanks in advance.



Oh an if I have clowned on you over in the convo loung it was all in good fun
 
try glucosamines and deep tendon massages...but since you're squatting..I think that's very normal. Yeah, wraps help ^^

though when it hurts..go directly to the doctors!!!
 
I'll save this one for pullinbig, BB, and the other PLers.

Personally I would make sure that I warmed up well ie cardio and/or some light reps of leg extensions.

Wraps may also help, but it would be better to find out what is causing the cracking rather than trying to hide it.
 
I do about 12-15 minutes light warmup on the treadmill, then a light set of squats before any working sets. I have just recently got some Glucosomine so I'll see if that helps.

Like I said my knees have always cracked when kneeling down in everyday use, but I never had this problem when squatting before.

Thanks fellas
 
the cracking( or crepitus) can be caused by a number of things from tendons rubbing, bone movement, even fluid in the joint capsule, but is usually not harmful ( in the short term).

Most of my body pops cracks and whines as a result of previous injuries and contact sport.

if you are really worried about it see your doc or a physio. I don't think a knee brace will help it at all
 
try some knee wramers. my knees pop all the time as well.

how wide is your stance? post a clip of one of your work sets. it may be a form issue that can easily be corrected.
 
inked1 said:
the cracking( or crepitus) can be caused by a number of things from tendons rubbing, bone movement, even fluid in the joint capsule, but is usually not harmful ( in the short term).

Most of my body pops cracks and whines as a result of previous injuries and contact sport.

if you are really worried about it see your doc or a physio. I don't think a knee brace will help it at all
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Well said Inked.

However, where, specifically, is the cracking at in your knees? If it's medial or lateral, that could be just a tendon rolling around over the bony anatomy, or it could possibly be something wrong with your meniscus. If it's dead set center, that's probably chondromalacia (articular cartilage degeneration) on the backside of your patella. Either way, if it's not painful, I wouldn't worry too much about it..... however, if it starts to get painful, talk to your doc (preferably an ortho or a sports med doc). Usually they'd get you an MRI to figure out what's wrong with it, and then probably a scope procedure to fix it if necessary.......all in all, very expensive and not worth the trouble unless the knee is just too painful to stand it.
 
I'll try a few things, thanks fellas.

Oh and there really isn't any pain
 
knee sleeves/warmers are the way to go..

personally i dont like doing cardio/ext to wram up for squats..

i would rather squat to warm up for squats..may sound dumb..but tis the only thing that will hit all the muscles you are going to use for squatting..

no one says you have to do heavy weights..nor do these have to be to failure..
i see a lot of people use 135 as a warmup yet they struggle to get 10 reps only go to 225 with shitty form

use as many sets with as need to warm up..these shouldnt be taxing but they will get the joints moving..
 
SuckMikeHawk said:
Well said Inked.

However, where, specifically, is the cracking at in your knees? If it's medial or lateral, that could be just a tendon rolling around over the bony anatomy, or it could possibly be something wrong with your meniscus. If it's dead set center, that's probably chondromalacia (articular cartilage degeneration) on the backside of your patella. Either way, if it's not painful, I wouldn't worry too much about it..... however, if it starts to get painful, talk to your doc (preferably an ortho or a sports med doc). Usually they'd get you an MRI to figure out what's wrong with it, and then probably a scope procedure to fix it if necessary.......all in all, very expensive and not worth the trouble unless the knee is just too painful to stand it.
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blackbeard said:
knee sleeves/warmers are the way to go..

personally i dont like doing cardio/ext to wram up for squats..

i would rather squat to warm up for squats..may sound dumb..but tis the only thing that will hit all the muscles you are going to use for squatting..

no one says you have to do heavy weights..nor do these have to be to failure..
i see a lot of people use 135 as a warmup yet they struggle to get 10 reps only go to 225 with shitty form

use as many sets with as need to warm up..these shouldnt be taxing but they will get the joints moving..
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I'm gonna try the sleeves/warmers next time.
I don;t really consider my warmup on the treadmill cardio to be honest. Its a slow pace for like 12-15 minutes at most. Then a light set with about 135. I really didn't go heavy yesterday mainly because 1. haven't trained in a while and 2. the knee was a concearn.

Maybe I'm over thinking here, like I said ther is no pain but I dont wanna take a chance.

Thanks for all your help.
 
montess said:
I'm gonna try the sleeves/warmers next time.
I don;t really consider my warmup on the treadmill cardio to be honest. Its a slow pace for like 12-15 minutes at most. Then a light set with about 135. I really didn't go heavy yesterday mainly because 1. haven't trained in a while and 2. the knee was a concearn.

Maybe I'm over thinking here, like I said ther is no pain but I dont wanna take a chance.

Thanks for all your help.
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im not saying dont do the treadmill thingy
but one set of 135 then onot a workset is not enough of a warmup to loob up the joints :)

try doing the bar then slapping on qrtrs then hit 135 and aybe even just a double with a lil heavier weight just below your working number
 
blackbeard said:
im not saying dont do the treadmill thingy
but one set of 135 then onot a workset is not enough of a warmup to loob up the joints :)

try doing the bar then slapping on qrtrs then hit 135 and aybe even just a double with a lil heavier weight just below your working number
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ok, I will try more warmup.

But the cracking was during warmup too.

We'll see what happens next week
 
i do 15 minutes of warm up on a stationary bike before leg days. Stretching helps, but doesn't warm them up enough before squats. Thats just me though
 
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