I need advice from anyone who knows about knee pain...
About 3 miles in on any hike I've done in the last yr, the outside of my knee starts hurting really bad. Is it from walking too much on the outside or inside part of ur foot? I think I've kinda started walking bowlegged because of hiking terrain. Should I start trying to walk on the outside of my foot when I hike?
Does anyone know how to prevent it or keep it from hurting since I kinda need to be able to hike 16 miles a day for 5 months to do the AT this year. 6 miles in today and I'm limping, but if it wasn't for my knee, I could do 10 more miles fairly easily
Oh, and today i used a cep knee support brace thing, and my knee hurt just as bad as my last hike and i did about half the length of that one. I don't know if i used the brace right tho because it was a little big so for it to not slide off i had to pull it higher up my thigh, so the bottom of it only went down like 2 inches down my knee on my calf. Does it need to cover more of ur calf to work properly?
I bought hiking poles and might use them on my next hike to see if they help, but i only see that being helpful if the middle of ur knee hurt and not the outer edge, but maybe im wrong
Someone please help. I reeeeally want to hike the AT!