Anyone experienced (what I think is) muscle knots in their legs ?
I just became aware of what feels like a couple of firm fatty tender areas just above my left knee, on the left side . Sorry that’s the best way I can describe it
Visually you maybe wouldn’t be able to see much but you can definitely feel it
Many years ago I hurt the same knee doing bodyweight squats . And pain or just stiffness comes and goes
I would describe it as a subtle tightness or stiffness that is above the kneecap
From what I’ve read knee pain can be very complicated and related to hips or ankles (stuff other than the knee itself )
My theory is that the whole leg needs to be worked through full range of motion to balance all the muscles and kept things working smoothly .
I bought the knees over toes book a while back and did a few of the exercises, one of the main ones bring walking backwards which the Chinese have been doing a long time apparently
I need to get back to doing these exercises again
Bit of a tangent there
Anyway , assuming it is just muscle knots (that might have been there or building up over many years ??) I tried a YouTube video that was basically using the body of a butter knife with a lubricant (I used coconut butter/oil from asda) to massage the area back and forth and work on the tender painful spots . Can’t say it really did much but might need quite a few repeat attempts to get things to release
Anyone experienced anything similar ?
I can’t believe I’ve just noticed this as it’s quite possibly been there a long time . Maybe the bike ride yesterday amplified it a little bit
