Mailbag: Knee Pain?
Dear Hooping.org:
I have been hooping since summer, but need some advice and am hoping you and your readers might be able to help. No matter what I do to avoid it, hooping seems to hurt my left knee. It's breaking my heart because hooping is so much fun and such a great workout, but every time I do it, I can't bend my knee afterwards without having extreme pain that lasts until I stop hooping all together. It does clear it up within a few weeks, but who wants to stop hooping?. Does anyone else have this kind of problem? What have you done to avoid injury? Or am I just doomed because I hurt my knee playing sand volleyball many years ago? - Aimee
Dear Aimee: I have a problem with knee pain from hooping sometimes, but I do a lot of knee level hooping and there's a little spot at your knee that "bruises" really easily. My guess is this isn't what you're talking about though. If it's happening all the time even if you're keeping it waist level, it's probably something bigger than hooping and more a result of being on your feet and that type of movement. One solution I would recommend you check out though would be trying an elastic support knee brace similar to this cheap one. Maybe with some additional compression and support to the knee you'll be good as new, and maybe our readers have other ideas to share. Good luck!
Philo Hagen, Editor
Hooping.org Magazine
On Jan 25, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Aimee Gertsch wrote:
No worries! Thanks for getting back with me. It happens when I hoop in general... like above the waist, or on the hips. I could see how it would make sense if it happened while knee hooping, but it's all the time.
~Aimee
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On Jan 25, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Philo Hagen wrote:
Aimee,
Sorry it's taken me awhile to get back to you. I was swamped with the Hoopies and the redesign and somehow missed this along the way.
Comments
Dear Aimee,
Do you only hoop one way or both - clockwise and anti? If only one then that might be putting undue strain on one knee. You could try alternating your direction which might redress the balance and help. Of course you might end up knackering both knees!
Zoe
Posted by: Zoe | January 31, 2008 2:39 PM
Yes, I do try to hoop both ways. I have been trying to be more careful of what I do with my knee and it seems to help. Glad to know that it's just a thing for my body and that no one else has this problem! :)
Thanks!
Posted by: Aimee | February 4, 2008 4:40 PM
Aimee, if you're still having trouble with your knee, check out and try the Rossiter video at bodyworkwithsole.com for Knee Pain. It works fast to help loosen tightness that causes pain like what you're experiencing when hooping. You need a partner to help you out, and a padded chair. Sound like you're doing everything else right!
Posted by: Diane Meyer | March 22, 2008 6:19 AM