Knee pain in wall balls and squats

A dull ache around or just behind the kneecap that shows up in repeated squatting (wall balls, air squats, lunges) and often lingers on stairs and after sitting. It is the single most common complaint in high-rep functional training.

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Auch bekannt als: Runner's knee, Patellofemoral pain, Anterior knee pain

Wie es sich üblicherweise zeigt

• A diffuse ache around the front of the knee that is hard to point at with one finger.
• Worst in the back half of a wall ball set, and often worse the day after than during.
• Grumbles on stairs, usually more going down than up, and after long periods sitting.
• Sometimes a grinding or gritty sensation behind the kneecap without any swelling.

Was es häufig antreibt

• A jump in squatting volume: a block of wall balls, lunges and box work added all at once.
• Hips and glutes that fatigue before the quads do, so the knee tracks inward under load.
• Running volume and squat volume climbing in the same weeks, with the knee absorbing both.
• Cutting depth as fatigue builds, which shifts load onto the kneecap rather than the hips.
• Ankle stiffness that stops the shin travelling forward, so the knee takes the range the ankle won't give.

Üblicherweise provoziert durch

• High-rep wall balls, especially the sets after a run.
• Walking lunges and sandbag lunges over distance.
• Repeated box jumps, particularly the landings late in a set.
• Downhill running and long descents.

Was üblicherweise verfügbar bleibt

• Most upper-body work (pressing, pulling, carries) is usually unaffected.
• The erg and the ski erg are often comfortable when running and squatting are not.
• Squatting in a range that stays quiet, rather than stopping squatting altogether.
• Loaded carries and hinging, which rarely provoke the front of the knee.

Trainings-Tausche

• Statt High-rep wall balls: Med-ball cleans or a shorter set to a higher target with a lighter ball
• Statt Walking lunges: Split squats in a shallower range, or step-ups to a low box
• Statt Box jumps: Step-ups, or box jumps with a step-down instead of a rebound
• Statt Running intervals: Rowing, ski erg or bike intervals at the same effort

Was üblicherweise wieder aufgebaut wird

• Quad strength through the range that stays comfortable, built back gradually rather than avoided.
• Glute and hip strength so the knee stops being asked to control what the hip should.
• Ankle range, if the shin can't travel forward freely over the foot.
• A slower ramp back into squat volume than the one that caused it: the tissue tolerates load, it doesn't tolerate jumps in load.

Wann du aufhören und es abklären lassen solltest

• The knee visibly swells, locks, or gives way underneath you.
• Pain arrived suddenly during a single rep rather than building over sessions.
• It hurts at rest or wakes you at night.
• It is not settling at all after a few weeks of sensible load management.

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