I'm feeling great and I don't have any pain, but for the last several weeks (as in, since I've started marathon training) I've been hearing noises in my right knee when I go up stairs. It probably happens other times too, but I don't hear it as easily as I do in the quiet of my staircase at home. It's like a crunchy creakiness and I can feel a little bit of the vibration causing the noise, but it's definitely not painful at all - it's just gross! My knees have made popping sounds throughout my life and occasionally I've hear this creaking, but never as consistently as this is now. Anyway, it doesn't appear to be having an impact on my training, but I was wondering if knees are like cars... If you hear an odd noise, should you have it checked out before it turns into something worse?

Thanks!

Female
Age 30
5'7" 145lb
first year with vfit or any other training
running 11:00mm
stability shoe < three months old

Raegan

Is there swelling? Have they ever swelled up? Any surgeries to the knees?

Knees that make noise, without pain, are not much to worry about. They typically indicate a strength and/or flexibility issue in the quadriceps. Focus on stretching your quads and prophylactic icing of the knees post workout.


I look forward to your response,

Dr. Greg