Squats and DL causing knee pain, any alternatives or warmups ???

[southwest-rider]

Hello everyone, thanx for stopping by and reading this. As the title says, my wife recently started using weights in her workouts and found out that doing DL's or squats and lunges causes her right knee and ankle to hurt. The knee feels fine during the workouts, its only after that she feels the pain. I don't think that its injury related simply because she's a long time runner and does all sorts of crazy aerobics like kickboxing and spinning and has never had any problems, only after she started lifting. Are there any exercises that she can do to replace DL and squats for now that could maybe help her strenghthen her knees, and some stretches to help her warmup ???
Any and all comments are greatly appreciated. Thanx

[UConnJulie]

It's probably her glutes that need strengthening ... and I would have someone check her DL and squat form (post a video here if she does not have access to a qualified professional).

What workout is she following?

Where is her knee pain? What provokes it? What relieves it? (see sticky at the top of this subforum for other important questions to answer)

[NySpectacle]

So to hear about your wifes knee. I had the same problem a few millennia back. It got so annoying I went to a psychic and told me what I was going through was perfectly normal and was the result of not taking a dump before I was ready. He start me on a 3 week program that stregthened my ears. He also told me look into taking a enema and recomended me Recovsport and Micosamine both mad by Wham-O. the Recovsport helped with recovery from strenuous exercise and the Micosamine to help with the stiffness I was experiencing in my skull. Both caused me to fart with alarming frequency, however.

[Jean-Paul]

How do you know that you had "the same problem?" With something as complicated it could be anything. I doubt very seriously that the supps you mentioned had anything to do with it. How do you know it wasn't the 3 week program? To be honest, this sounds a bit like spam, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

[UConnJulie]

JP, you're getting soft!! Just because there were no links?

[optimum performance]

Fix the problem don't avoid it.

Has she had any injuries on that ankle? Even minor sprains? Check ankle mobility.

Check patella mobility. You may find she may need to patella mobilization work.

Check out the function of the LPHC - mobility and stability.

What does she do for her warmup/movement prep.

[I. Kay]

Originally Posted by optimum performance

Check patella mobility. You may find she may need to patella mobilization work.

I'd be careful of trying to mobilize your patella without a therapist. Likely you'd need some massage therapy of some kind first anyhow.

[LisaS]

you know ... spam woke this thread up after 3 months of sleeping and the OP never came back to this thread after the first response