johnmckinzie
First Post
After not hiking for the past couple years, I went on a long hike this past weekend. The hike was 12 miles with 3000ft of ascent and 3000ft of descent and a light pack. I train with an SFG coach a couple times a week as well as play hockey, so my muscle and cardiovascular fatigue was minimal. However, a couple miles into the hike I started to get some knee pain that continued to build to some pretty painful levels. It was almost assuredly patellar tendinitis.
While this might be do to jumping into a long hike after years of not hiking, I also tend not to have many knee issues.
My question is has anyone else experience this and are there corrective exercises that I can do to help prevent this in the future?
While this might be do to jumping into a long hike after years of not hiking, I also tend not to have many knee issues.
My question is has anyone else experience this and are there corrective exercises that I can do to help prevent this in the future?