Hello All, I havent posted in a while. I've had a crap lifting year (I keep injuring myself T_T).
Right now I have an issue I cant seem to shake.
- When I squat to depth I feel a pain on the outer side of my right knee, and/or my outer right glute. Simultaneously my calf feels weird (tight?) at that time.
- If i dont go to depth its not nearly so bad.
I assume this is IT band related pain. Twice now I have taken 2 weeks off of leg work and replaced it with rolling my hips and dont glute band work.
When I go back to squatting light (135lb for ~50 reps like in Starr technique) the pain comes back.
So my main questions are:
- Should I take more than 2 weeks off? 2 weeks was a random number I chose.
- Is there any leg work that would avoid glute/IT-band provocation? I thought maybe DLs would be good because they aren't deep but they definitely use the glutes :|. I just would be sad to take another 2 weeks off and get nowhere by choosing the wrong exercise to come back to.
Anything else is much appreciated. I'm on a quest to improve my mobility right now because I assume thats why I keep getting hurt.
What injuries?
Let's see your squat.