Lachlan Porter - Health and Performance

For a ligament to be injured there typically needs to be a mechanism of injury, a moment where the ligament was disrupted.

However, there can be other reasons, aside from a ligament injury, that your knee joint doesn’t feel as stable as it usually does.

Flare ups are feedback

Sometimes very uncomfortable feedback

If you’re knee is stiff it’s for a reason, and there is possibly more than one reason.

The first step is to narrow down what’s contributing to the stiffness so that you can pick management strategies that suit.

If you have a sports injury there are two main times to stop training all together

- If there’s a medical reason (eg: concussion symptom onset)
- If there’s a risk of further damage (eg: running on a broken leg)

Outside of these scenarios, it is often safe and even advised to continue some form of training.

If you can’t make suitable modifications or substitutions, even continuing to be involved in a social, coaching, or volunteer capacity can have beneficial effects for your recovery.