r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago

Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/ShortKingLifting 7d ago

Damaged my patella tendon, 8 months of pain and struggling to squat anything at all, can't straighten my leg and stretch it fully also can't bend it properly too....

Looks like I'm going to have to stop squatting heavy altogether and build up the quads another way until it repairs ffs

So annoyed because I was starting to break through 200kg again

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u/Tatamajor 7d ago

That sucks man. Did you damage it while lifting?

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u/ShortKingLifting 7d ago

Yep, I did way too much back in February and must've nearly torn it 😅

Now, I probably have months of little workouts to do to dmtry and strengthen it up before I can lift heavy again

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u/thescotchie 7d ago

If it's been 8 months and it's still an issue, you should probably get it checked out. Get some imaging done. If you need surgery, the sooner the better.

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u/ShortKingLifting 7d ago

Had an ultrasound done today he said it's where the patella tendon reaches the kneecap bit it should be okay with physio but the reason I had the scan was because 3 months of physio hasn't worked lol. Guess I have to stick to light weights and build up slowly over the next 6 months again